Essays about: "world environment day"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 117 essays containing the words world environment day.
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1. Repurposing cultural heritage: Design proposal for the Olympic Rowing stadium in Helsinki
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : A network of functionalist buildings and stadiums was originally designed for the 1940 Olympic games in Helsinki. Among these structures was the Rowing Stadium, which hosted the kayaking competition in 1952 after the games were postponed due to World War II. (Malmberg et al. READ MORE
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2. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE
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3. Safety in Urban Spaces using Urban Planning: a Comparative Study in Bogotá, Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Many cities around the world are facing the same challenges when it comes to the ability for women to move around and feel safe in public spaces. For women, using public spaces entails fear of sexual violence and of being attacked, which forces them to always be vigilant and reduces their quality of life. READ MORE
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4. Recommendations for Improving the Use of Risk Matrices in Coarse Risk Analyses
University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Risk matrices are tables with rows representing consequences, and columns representing frequencies. The risk matrix is considered a simple and convenient tool for visualizing risk. However, it has faced critique from the scientific community. READ MORE
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5. Elisyum- a Graphic Essay of Architecture as a Recovery and Treatment Tool
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : The idea of orienting the design process towards the well-being of the patient is not something new in the world of architecture. That the form follows the function is usually but what must be taken into account is the dynamics of the process of understanding human needs. READ MORE