Essays about: "shoreline"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 essays containing the word shoreline.
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1. Brick Recuperation
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Recuperation means “regaining something lost or taken” and this has been the main focus of my thesis – essentially reclaiming discarded bricks and educating future bricklayers to work with reclaimed materials. How can the status of craftsmanship be raised through architecture and the processes of crafts be made visible? What opportunities can our current brick stock pose and can derelict buildings be seen as a material bank? My proposal is a bricklaying ”folkhögskola” in Henriksbergshamnen, southwest of central Stockholm, parts laid brick by brick by the students themselves in collaboration with local carpenters. READ MORE
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2. Temporal Projections of the Shoreline Displacement on Gotland
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiAbstract : Global mean sea level rise (GMSLR) impacts the displacement of the world’s coasts and shorelinedifferently due to it being contingent on local topographic and geological conditions. The island of Gotlandis located in the Fennoscandian Shield which lies at the intersection between GMSLR and post-glacialrebound (PGR), at rates that vary latitudinally and, in some areas, are at equal levels. READ MORE
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3. Strandpromenaden i Rindö hamn : landskapsanalys och gestaltningsförslag
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : I Stockholms mellersta skärgård finner man Rindö. Militär aktivitet har varit en central del av öns historia. På order av Gustav Vasa tilläts den första försvarsanläggningen byggas som ett lås till huvudstaden. READ MORE
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4. Våtmarksbatymetri : djupmätning av 10 anlagda våtmarker i Mälardalen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and AssessmentAbstract : Tio anlagda våtmarker i jordbrukslandskap i Mälardalen har undersökts i syfte att bestämma vattendjup och volym samt för att studera batymetriska metoder som kan vara lämpliga vid djupmätning av fosfordammar och andra grunda våtmarker. De metoder som använts är portabelt, kastbart ekolod som både släpats bakom kajak och kastats med fiskespö från land samt manuell mätning med mätsticka. READ MORE
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5. Longshore Sediment Transport Along the Coast of Ystad Municipality
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresursläraAbstract : The coast of Ystad municipality has historically been subject to erosion, leading to the loss of recreational areas and near-beach structures, consequently resulting in the implementation of mitigating measures. With the ongoing climate change, erosion is expected to continue. READ MORE