Essays about: "sustainable building developing"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 124 essays containing the words sustainable building developing.

  1. 31. From Protected to Productive

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)

    Author : Sonal Takkar; [2020]
    Keywords : Stockholm; Archipelago; Islands; Productive Landscape; Local Economy; Collective Production; Self-Sufficiency; Sustainable Development.;

    Abstract : The Stockholm Archipelago has a unique natural landscape - rugged nature that blends with wooded islands, rocky cliffs and sandy beaches enriched by cultural and ecological values. The islands, dating back to the Viking Age are faced with a progressively uneven growth compared to the city developing an inevitable socio-economic dependency on the city core through infrastructural connections. READ MORE

  3. 32. Designing a Coffee Table : The Development of a Coffee Table for Maze Interior AB: From Idea to Final Concept

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Viktoria Mähler; [2020]
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    Abstract : This is a master thesis project performed with Maze Interior AB in Stockholm in the spring/summer 2019, via Luleå University of Technology within product design. It is further part of the Master Programme in Industrial Design Engineering in the course D7014A with the purpose of designing a new coffee-table concept for the less spacious homes. READ MORE

  4. 33. Caring Consumption : Caring for home textiles by interacting towards sustainable behaviours through a co-creation workshop

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Keiu Meesak; [2020]
    Keywords : co-creation; home textiles; sustainability; workshop; consumption behaviours; mindfulness; interaction design;

    Abstract : This research is investigating ways of promoting social change towards more sustainable practices around the consumption of decorative home textiles. Knowledge is built and a prototype developed by using transdisciplinary design theory and participatory design methods. READ MORE

  5. 34. Identifying Optimal Locations for Urban Green Infrastructure to Reduce Health Inequalities: A GIS-Based Approach to combine Health, Land-use, Socioeconomics and Ecosystem Services in Stockholm

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Olivier Rostang; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainable development; urban green infrastructure; health; GIS; ecosystem services; sustainable development goals;

    Abstract : Cities are growing at unprecedented rates and are expected to be home to 70% of the world’s population in 2050. In this process, they face challenges such as densification, rapid population growth and loss of land and ecosystem services. Cities also have to remain livable and accessible to all. READ MORE

  6. 35. Assessing the development and climate finance for renewable energy: An application of effectiveness framework for the case of Mongolia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Delgermaa Begz; [2020]
    Keywords : development finance; climate finance; renewable energy; Mongolia; effectiveness principles; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : To accelerate sustainable development and mitigate climate change, an increasing amount of finance is being mobilized for the deployment of renewable energy (RE) in developing countries from bilateral and multilateral donors and climate funds. Even though this trend is present in Mongolia, there is still a lack of knowledge about how effective these efforts have been for renewable energy development in the country. READ MORE