Essays about: "thesis on application of gis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 52 essays containing the words thesis on application of gis.

1. 11. Mapping Connectivity in the Swedish Agricultural Landscape

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

   Author : William Franzén; [2020]
   Keywords : ; GIS; Circuitscape; Structural Connectivity; Agriculture; Landscape; Perennialization; Land use;

   Abstract : The changes that Swedish agriculture has undergone during the 20th century has resulted in strongly increased productivity, but at the cost of more intensive environmental impacts. One of these is loss of biodiversity, which is driven by, e.g., usage of pesticides and loss and fragmentation of habitats. READ MORE

3. 12. Interactive Local Driller Mapping for Different Hydrogeological Areas of Bangladesh : Enabling Access to Information

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Celina Ankarstig; Victoria Berggren; [2020]
   Keywords : Bangladesh; Arsenic; GIS; Driller; Drinking Water; Visualization; Interactive Map; Bangladesh; Arsenik; GIS; Brunnsborrare; Dricksvatten; Visualisering; Interaktiv karta;

   Abstract : Exposure to arsenic in drinking water can cause several types of cancer and numerous cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. A country that suffers from widespread contamination of arsenic in drinking water is Bangladesh, where the contamination has been classified as the largest mass poisoning of a population in history. READ MORE

4. 13. Prioritising biochar application to arable land in Sweden : A spatial multi-criteria analysis

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Fabian Osslund; [2020]
   Keywords : Biochar; Spatial multi-criteria analysis; GIS; Agriculture; Soil enhancement; Biochar volume potential;

   Abstract : Biochar, the solid product of thermal conversion of biomass with little or no available air, is acknowledged as a carbon dioxide removal technique and soil enhancer among other applications. Its potential soil enhancing properties consists of increased water and nutrient holding capacities, liming effects and sorption of pollutants. READ MORE

5. 14. Gender, Mobilities and Public Transport: Exploring the daily mobilities of women in Rosengård since the arrival of the train

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Kate Flowerday; [2019]
   Keywords : Public Transport; Gender; Feminist Geography; Accessibility; Social Sustainability; Critical GIS; Time-Space Geography; Mobility Justice;

   Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of gendered daily mobilities amongst local women in Rosengård since the inauguration of the new train station and railway service into the district. Implementing a feminist, qualitative and explorative approach to mobilities, the research poses three principal questions: how women are using public transport in their daily mobilities; what restrictions they are facing in these mobilities; and finally, the extent to which the new Rosengård train station is working towards social cohesion in Malmö. READ MORE

6. 15. Exploring the distribution of accessibility by public transport using spatial analysis : a case study for retail concentrations and public hospitals in Athens

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Evangelos Vafeiadis; [2019]
   Keywords : geography; GIS; spatial analysis; geographic weighted regression; spatial clustering; local indicators of spatial association; public transport; accessibility; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the distribution of accessibility by public transport to retail concentrations and public hospitals in Athens, using spatial autocorrelation analysis based on Local Indicators of Spatial Autocorrelation (LISA) method and Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). For this reason, the study area was divided in a 300x300 meter square grid of points representing the location points of the study. READ MORE