Essays about: "the city and village"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 essays containing the words the city and village.

  1. 1. Poggio Aquilone - Survey and Repurposing in a Medieval Italian Village

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Philip Reimers; [2023]
    Keywords : Italy; Repurposing; Transformation; Refurbishment; Renovation; Survey; Umbria; Ruin; Rural Tourism; Lidar; drone; scanning; photogrammetry;

    Abstract : The site of this diploma project is the small hilltop village of Poggio Aquilone. The village, situated in the region of Umbria in central Italy, lies roughly halfway between Rome and Florence. READ MORE

  3. 2. Holmöarna archipelago and its forgotten Iron Age period : Uncovering the past through morphology and GIS-analysis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Alexander Bodén; [2023]
    Keywords : Holmön; Holmöarna archipelago; Västerbotten; Umeå; Iron Age; landscape archaeology; settlement archaeology; computational archaeology; Sweden; northern Sweden; hut foundation; cooking storage pit; cairn; labyrinth; compass rose; seamark; fishing village;

    Abstract : The geographical focus area of this essay is Holmöarna archipelago, which is a very large group of islands that are located a short distance to the east of the city Umeå, in northern Sweden, Västerbotten county. This essay is an attempt to uncover and provide knowledge regarding Holmöarna archipelago’s forgotten Iron Age period through the means of GIS-analysis, literary studies, a field visit, as well as morphological comparisons of ancient artefacts and monuments from the area. READ MORE

  4. 3. Landskapsanalys för byutveckling : en tillämpning av SAVE-metoden på landsbygden

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

    Author : Fanny Ciszuk; [2023]
    Keywords : landskapsanalys; SAVE; byutveckling; landsbygd; landskapskaraktär;

    Abstract : Resultatet av min SAVE-analys i Lagga kyrkby visar att de viktigaste delarna att skydda i landskapet runt Lagga för att behålla den nuvarande karaktären är bronsålderslandskapet, odlingslandskapet med sin bystruktur och den småbrutna karaktären. Jag anser att SAVE-analysen i Lagga kyrkby kompletterar kommunens och bybornas förslag. READ MORE

  5. 4. Second Home, New Home

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Minghui Li; [2023]
    Keywords : urban village; urban regeneration; informal employment migrants; public space;

    Abstract : As a unique form of rural-urban transition settlement in China’s rapid urbanization process, the “urban village” plays a very distinctive part in promoting urbanization, being a transit point for many rural people entering urban areas. The term “informal employment migrants” usually refers to those people, who have no formal employment status and work in informal, low-skilled, low-paying jobs in the city. READ MORE

  6. 5. Lived and Planned Public Space

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

    Author : Marte Nilsen Olausson; [2022]
    Keywords : Public space; intended use; people; alternative use; spatial quality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : What is ‘bad’ public space? Public spaces have been conceptualized as integral to urban realities. It is virtually impossible to imagine a city, town, village, or any other concentrated settlement without them. READ MORE