Essays about: "power and decision making"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 439 essays containing the words power and decision making.

  1. 26. www.rätten-till-staden.nu : digitalt medborgardeltagande i stadsutvecklingen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ellen Aurell; [2023]
    Keywords : e-deltagande; medborgardeltagande; hållbar stadsutveckling; informations- och kommunikationsteknologier IKT ; planering; demokrati;

    Abstract : Uppsatsen syfte är att studera huruvida digitalt deltagande kan underlätta för planerare att stärka medborgardeltagandet i stadsutvecklingsprocesser, samt underlätta för själva medborgarna att delta. Digitalt deltagande ses som ett sätt att ta bort de traditionella hinder som finns för det fysiska deltagandet, i det att det är tids- och platsspecifikt. READ MORE

  2. 27. Data Augmentations for Improving Vision-Based Damage Detection : in Land Transport Infrastructure

    University essay from KTH/Lantmäteri – fastighetsvetenskap och geodesi

    Author : Punnawat Siripatthiti; [2023]
    Keywords : Computer Vision; Data Augmentation; Object Detection; Crack Detection; Road Damage Detection; Sleeper Defect Detection; datorseende; dataökning; objektdetektering; sprickdetektering; vägbeläggning; järnvägsslipers;

    Abstract : Crack, a typical term most people know, is a common form of distress or damage in road pavements and railway sleepers. It poses significant challenges to their structural integrity, safety, and longevity. Over the years, researchers have developed various data-driven technologies for image-based crack detection in road and sleeper applications. READ MORE

  3. 28. Using a GIS to enable an economic, land use and energy output comparison between small wind powered turbines and large-scale wind farms: the case of Oslo, Norway.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Colin Potter; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Wind power; Renewable energy sources; urban wind energy; urban areas; planning; vertical axis wind turbines; comparative studies; urban integrated energy systems; Oslo; Roan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Responding to an identified knowledge gap, the study aims to determine if smaller wind turbines located on top of existing urban buildings are more resource efficient (land utilization and economically) than large scale wind farms. To answer this question, using a GIS, the resource efficiency of the Roan wind farm in Northern Norway was compared to a theoretical modeled installation of small-scale wind turbines on top of buildings within a 2km radius study zone in central Oslo. READ MORE

  4. 29. A Power in Transition? An Analysis of the EU´s Role Conception through the Global Gateway Initiative

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Klara Stecker; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union; Role Conception; Global Gateway Initiative; Geopolitics; Belt and Road Initiative; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Born into the context of tense geopolitical competition, the Global Gateway Initiative has shown the motivation of the European Union to take on a more ambitious role as a global actor. A trend in the academic literature hints at a shift towards a more pragmatic and geopolitically oriented paradigm in the EU´s foreign policy. READ MORE

  5. 30. Technocracy and its Critics : Scientists’ attitudes about technocracy, democracy and their role in society

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gustaf Westin; [2023]
    Keywords : Technocracy; democracy; expert rule; expertise; science; the scientific community;

    Abstract : The theoretical conflict between democracy and technocracy (rule by those with knowledge or skill) is an issue of ever-present interest in political science and democratic theory. In recent decades, much scholarship has shown that the influence of science and scientists over politics has grown more and more significant, in different ways. READ MORE