Essays about: "urban land use and environment"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 137 essays containing the words urban land use and environment.
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16. Stadens biologiska mångfald : ett urbant grönområdes ekosystempåverkan ur ett livscykelperspektiv
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and TechnologyAbstract : Gröna stadsområden utgör en ekonomisk och social samlingspunkt. Fragmentering av grönområden är ett av de största hoten mot biologisk mångfald. Nästan 60% av alla grönområden i Sverige består av klippta gräsmattor som inte kan nyttjas av många arter. READ MORE
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17. Carta ex Machina: Testing object-based machine learning and unsupervised classification in land use change detection mapping in the semi-arid governorate of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia is an inland governorate in Tunisia that has undergone a rapid agricultural and urban development since the Tunisian independence in 1952 from being a rural and largely nomadic region into a hub of irrigated agriculture. In 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi sparked the Tunisian revolution by lighting himself on fire int he city of Sidi Bouzid, with some blaming the inequality and water scarcity created by this rapid expansion in the irrigation farming as an important cause (Bayat, 2017; Malka, 2018). READ MORE
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18. Digging for Common Ground : Exploring how Practitioners of Alternative Farming Methods are replicating Principles of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : As a result of the harmful environmental practices found within the industrial agricultural system and the various negative accompanied socioeconomic consequences to health, local livelihoods, and resilience of rural communities, there has been an increasing global interest in Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) and alternative farming practices, such as permaculture and regenerative agriculture, that envision a more environment-friendly and equitable food- and agricultural system. At the same time, the potential of Indigenous woldviews and knowledges, such as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), to introduce more environment-friendly land use practices and to reshape our understanding of nature becomes more publicly, but also scientifically acknowledged in the management of natural resources. READ MORE
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19. Bats in Urban Sweden : A multiple regression analysis of bats’ relationship to urbanization
University essay from Södertörns högskola/MiljövetenskapAbstract : Human development continues to use up more physical space in the natural world, threatening the natural habitats of many organisms. To combat the loss of biodiversity science needs to explore what landscape features are important for different organisms so that we can incorporate these into the modern environment. READ MORE
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20. Mapping Noise Pollution with Open-source GIS
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/SamhällsbyggnadAbstract : In a time when urban areas continue to expand, environmental noise pollution especially from road traffic remains a big challenge. This study was aimed at using open-source GIS tools to predict road traffic noise pollution using the mid-sized city of Gävle as a case study. READ MORE
