Essays about: "urban decline"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 88 essays containing the words urban decline.

  1. 26. 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

  3. 27. 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

  4. 28. 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

  5. 29. Intergenerational transmissions in reproductive behavior in the context of the historical fertility transition. An analysis of a population in Southern Sweden 1813-1967

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Louise Cormack; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The fertility decline that occurred in the industrialized world between 1870-1930 has been extensively studied and a considerable amount of theories exist to explain it. However, few of them address past generations’ influence on reproductive behavior. READ MORE

  6. 30. Vildbin och dagfjärilar i urbana grönstrukturer : att göra medvetna växtval och skapa artificiella boplatser

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

    Author : Ida Valentin; Louise Hagbard; [2020]
    Keywords : wild bees; butterflies; wildlife gardening; plants for pollinators; medvetna växtval; vildflora; äng; insektshotell; biväxter; fjärilsväxter;

    Abstract : De senaste årens larm om att insekterna i världen är hotade har väckt stor uppmärksamhet och såväl myndigheter som allmänheten har reagerat. Mest är det depollinerande insekterna som fått uppmärksamhet. READ MORE