Sökning: "Rapid and large-scale urbanization"

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  1. 6. Using the Sustainable Development Goals to Facilitate Comprehensive Planning : A mapping of interlinkages between the targetsof Agenda 2030 and seawater desalination in Agadir, Morocco

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Författare :Douglas Lindén; Linnéa Nyman; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Water; Morocco; Agriculture;

    Sammanfattning : Freshwater scarcity is an issue with multiple origins, currently affecting a major part of theearths' population. Rapid urbanization, intensive agriculture, people growth and overconsumption leads to stress on freshwater resources; a concern that is expected to increase inthe future due to the impacts of climate change. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Hydrological and hydrogeological consequences of rapid and large-scale urbanization

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI); Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi

    Författare :Archana Ema Akhilesh; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Rapid and large-scale urbanization; ArcGIS; HEC-HMS; surface runoff; surface infiltration.; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : Urbanization is a process where rural population move to urban places for better job opportunities and facilities. This is a natural process and more or less unavoidable. But when this process takes place rapidly and at large -scale, the urban cities will undergo various changes that will impact the environment. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Integrated hydrodynamic and socio-economic damage modelling for assessment of flood risk in large-scale basin : The case study of Lower Chao Phraya River Basin in Thailand

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Författare :Phat Pumchawsaun; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Chao Phraya River Basin; flood risk assessment; 2D hydrodynamic model; fully 2D and coupled 1D 2D numerical methods; KULTURisk methodology; depth-damage functions;

    Sammanfattning : Thailand has been often affected by severe flood events over the past century. The 2011’s Thailand Flood Catastrophe was the costliest in country’s history, and it was ranked to be the second most damaging natural hazard in the world in terms of economic losses. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Collective Governance of the Urban Commons: the Case of Parkovy Ozera Residential Complex in Kyiv, Ukraine

    Master-uppsats, Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Författare :Iegor Vlasenko; [2017]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The problem of governing resources used by many individuals in common has been long discussed in economics and environmental studies literature. Depending on the type of common resource, attributes of the group of users and property regime, collective action can either preserve the commons or deplete it. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Omställning till cirkulär ekonomi : i strävan efter resilienta städer med reducerad resursförbrukning

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Författare :Klara Svensson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :cirkulär ekonomi; resiliens; stadsutveckling; resursförbrukning; kretslopp; planetära gränser;

    Sammanfattning : Världen befinner sig i antropocen, en geologisk epok då mänsklig aktivitet är den största kraften att förändra klimat och ekosystem på planeten. Mänskligheten har ändrat jordens ekosystem snabbare och mer omfattande under de senaste 50 åren än någonsin tidigare, vilket innebär stora risker. LÄS MER