Essays about: "samhällsbyggnad mfs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words samhällsbyggnad mfs.

  1. 1. A Comparative Study of Social, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Paraffin and Wood Pellets Used for Cooking in Low Income Households in South Africa : A Minfor Field Study

    University essay from KTH/Miljöstrategisk analys (fms); KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)

    Author : Jenny Svensson; Alice Kjellson; [2015]
    Keywords : Minor Field Study MFS ; sustainability; wood pellets; paraffin; life cycle assessment; low income households; South Africa; fältstudie MFS ; hållbarhet; träpellets; paraffin; livscykelanalys; låginkomsthushåll; Sydafrika;

    Abstract : The majority of low income households in South Africa have limited access to electricity, and typically cook on stoves fuelled by paraffin. Paraffin represents a fossil fuel. It is a relatively cheap fuel in South Africa. Another fuel that can also be used for cooking is wood pellets, which is a renewable fuel. READ MORE

  3. 2. Planning for Sustainable Settlements along the River Bengawan Solo, Java Island, Indonesia

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Lina Gregersdotter; [2009]
    Keywords : flooding; housing; planning; disaster management; poverty; Indonesia; mfs;

    Abstract : The floods in Indonesia are a big annual problem for the poorest areas along rivers especially in East Java along the Bengawan Solo. The impact is not only on their houses, but their lands, their plantation fields, their animals and also the infrastructure within the villages. READ MORE

  4. 3. Development of the Culemborg goods yard, Cape Town, South Africa

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Sandra Boström; Tina Wagner; [2009]
    Keywords : Minor Field Study; Cape Town; sustainable development; middle income housing; low income housing; planning for integration; BRT; Bus Rapid Transit system; green bridge; pedestrian bridge; mfs;

    Abstract : The aim of this minor field study was to produce a physical plan of the Culemborg goods yard in Cape Town, South Africa, with a distinct alignment towards sustainability for a middle to low income group. With the use of a Kevin Lynch analysis, a block analysis and analysis by Piet Louw the information that had been collected through inventory and study of previous projects of the site was processed. READ MORE

  5. 4. Planning for sustainability : sustainable ideas for an urban environment

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Josef Erixon; Tina Bosnjak; [2008]
    Keywords : sustainability; sustainable spatial planning; sustainable society; P.R.China; Shidao; mfs;

    Abstract : Examensarbetet har genomförts som en Minor Field Study (MFS), i Kina med fokus på hållbar fysisk planering. Begreppet hållbar utveckling är omfattande varför arbetet har begränsats att belysa fyra viktiga områden med stark koppling till fysisk planering; Energi, Transport, Vatten och Avfall. READ MORE

  6. 5. Development of a residential area in the new town Rajarhat, Kolkata

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Hanna Bäckgren; [2008]
    Keywords : MFS; Urban and social planning;

    Abstract : The urbanisation in India has led to a growth of the larger cities, the number of cities with a population over 100 000 inhabitants is today 393 and among these cities 35 have a population over 1 million. Recent made calculations estimate that by the year 2021 the number of cities with a population over 100 000 will be 500 and cities with a population over 1 million will be 75. READ MORE