Essays about: "urban decline"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 essays containing the words urban decline.

  1. 1. Urbana ängar och deras betydelse för vilda pollinatörer

    University essay from SLU/Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Amanda Folkesson; Felicia Wigbratt; [2022]
    Keywords : urbana ängar; vilda pollinatörer;

    Abstract : Antalet vilda pollinatörer har minskat globalt och även i Sverige, där ett stort antal arter är rödlistade. Samtidigt visar studier att städer har blivit en viktig tillflyktsort för vilda pollinatörer då de kan innehålla en variation av livsmiljöer. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effects of COVID-19 on temporal urban diversity : A quantitative study using mobile phone data as a proxy for human mobility patterns

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Feliks Sjöblom; [2021]
    Keywords : COVID-19; urban diversity; human mobility; mobile phone data; logistic regression; COVID-19; urban mångfald; mänsklig mobilitet; mobiltelefondata; logistisk regression;

    Abstract : The present paper examines possible changes in temporal urban diversity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Stockholm and Uppsala metropolitan areas. In addition to general changes in diversity, potential differences of diversity levels at locations with varying socioeconomic characteristics are examined. READ MORE

  4. 3. Urban Mutualism

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Sigrun Mestvedt Borgen; [2021]
    Keywords : Stockholm; Royal Sea Port; Norra Djurgårdsstaden; biodiversity; urban development; industrial; harbour; social-ecological; green wedges; gröna kilar;

    Abstract : The city of Stockholm has set the goal to build 140 000 new residential units by 2030 to meet the demand of a growing urban population. Simultaneously we are seeing a decline in biodiversity in and surrounding the city. Some of the main factors are climate change, pollution, overexploitation and habitat destruction. READ MORE

  5. 4. Making stuff- the agency of doing in non-growth contexts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Emma Lysholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : This project has developed from the site and building conditions in an area of central Boden, a town in the inland north of Sweden. In post-war times, the city grew thanks to the military and regional hospital resulting in the development of the site Prästholmen that was realized true to the modernistic ideal of the time. READ MORE

  6. 5. Attractive rural living : a future vision for Hjalteyri village in North Iceland

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

    Author : Anna Kristín Guðmundsdóttir; [2021]
    Keywords : rural living; villages; attractions; public spaces; placemaking; landscape architecture; urban design; landscape identity;

    Abstract : In an era of rapid urbanisation, rural settlements are becoming more fragile to population decline and other coinciding factors. The restrictions following the Covid-19 Pandemic have demonstrated that now there are more possibilities for remote work than before. READ MORE