Essays about: "qualitative GIS"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 49 essays containing the words qualitative GIS.

  1. 21. Measuring and Analyzing Accessibility to Green-Blue Areas and Public Transportation : A study of Stockholm’s progress in achieving the United Nations Agenda 2030’s SDG 11

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maureen McNamara; [2019]
    Keywords : urbanization; compact cities; Agenda 2030; Sustainable Development Goals SDGs ; accessibility; GIS; spatial analysis; statistical analysis; green-blue areas; public transportation; Södertörnsanalysen; Södertörnsmodellen; urbanisering; kompakta städer; Agenda 2030; Sustainable Development Goals SDGs ; hållbarhetsmål; tillgänglighet; GIS; rumslig analys; statistisk analys; grönblå områden; kollektivtrafik; Södertörnsanalysen; Södertörnsmodellen;

    Abstract : The rapid urbanization of populations from rural areas to cities calls for more sustainable focused urban planning to combat the negative effects of urban sprawl. The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 includes the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets that aim to unite both developed and developing countries in transforming humanity and the planet for a more sustainable future. READ MORE

  3. 22. Development opportunities in the land management process in Rwanda : In order to achive a more effective and efficient land use

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Samhällsbyggnad, GIS

    Author : Elin Ericsson; Albin Lindberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Land management; Rwanda; Land use; Master Plan;

    Abstract : A well-functioning property system is a criterion for a country to have good opportunities in social development. This study looks into one of the development opportunities in Rwanda’s real estate system, especially the provision and the updating of the country’s management in the land use process. READ MORE

  4. 23. Opportunities in rooftop greenhouses in Stockholm : a study of the potential of commercial rooftop greenhouse urban agriculture in Stockholm

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Felicia Sen; [2018]
    Keywords : alternative food networks; business model; business strategy; commercial urban rooftop agriculture; rooftop greenhouses; short food supply chain; sustainability;

    Abstract : Due to climate change, our resource depleation, population growth and further, our reliance on the world’s food production creates vulnerabilities and we need to find alternative agriculture methods. Commercial rooftop greenhouses are developing all around the world and to Stockholm this create an opportunity to produce food all year. READ MORE

  5. 24. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Darlene Rini; [2018]
    Keywords : Urban fire risks; informal settlement fires; urban fire risk management; GIS; URDI; urban disasters; risk indexing; fire statistics; Metro Manila; Quezon City; Science General;

    Abstract : Urban fires, particularly in informal settlements in rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world, are an “everyday disaster” that oftentimes goes unnoticed or under-served in the face of disturbances of the more “lethal reputation”. These disturbances of normal existence are arguably the most debilitating to vulnerable communities and sustainable development, and yet get little attention in disaster literature or in practice. READ MORE

  6. 25. Gendered spatial realities - Exploring the complexity of gendered space and place in Rosengård through a feminist application of GIS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Elina Lindeborg; [2017]
    Keywords : Feminist geographies; feminist GIS; critical GIS; gendered space and place; young women; Rosengård.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of the complexity of gendered spaces and places. Grounding in feminist geographical theory and an understanding of space and place as gendered, the experiences and emotions of six young women from Rosengård, Malmö, connected to space and place are problematized and contextualised. READ MORE