Essays about: "urbanisation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 178 essays containing the word urbanisation.
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1. Urban foodprint - Exploring a design that merges urban landscape and local food production
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Globally, there is an intensification of agriculture that puts high pressure on local eco-systems. Soil degradation and deforestation are some effects that in the long-term perspectives cause agricultural degradation. Still, UN projects that we would need to increase our food production by 70 per cent to supply our growing population with food. READ MORE
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2. Urbanisation as a Mechanism for Efficient and Sustainable Use of Land
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Urbanisation in developing countries can contribute to various benefits and challenges. The growing areas of informal settlements on the peripheries of greater cities are a product of rapid urbanisation and uncontrolled population growth of the city. READ MORE
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3. Implementing Inland Waterway Transportation as a mode for Construction Logistics in Gothenburg
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : MSc in Logistics and Transport Management.... READ MORE
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4. CONTESTING URBAN PUBLIC SPACE AS COMMONS - A study on the common usage of public parks in Barcelona-Sants
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Urbanisation is one of the major trends in globalisation. An influx of heterogenous urban dwellers to a densely built urban environment contains potential for conflicts. With increasing heterogeneity, public space in cities becomes the site of multicultural confrontation. READ MORE
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5. Urban development consequences of the riverine floods in the Western Balkans: Analysing Belgrade
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Rapid urbanisation coupled with unplanned development create the perfect recipe for a disaster, the risk of which has increased with climate change-related uncertainties. Belgrade’s high population growth rate and exposure to riverine flooding presents such a case. READ MORE
