Sökning: "Urban Catalysts"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 uppsatser innehållade orden Urban Catalysts.

  1. 1. The grass is always tastier on the fruitful side : exploring the potentials, opportunities and challenges of urban food production: a case study of Uppsala

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Sanaz Kalantari; Rana Toprak; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Urbanization; grass lawns; urban agriculture; food production; Uppsala; Ultuna Permakultur; municipal sector; planning; establishing; management; ecosystems; human-nature connectedness; extinction of experience; top-down; bottom-up; landscape architecture;

    Sammanfattning : Urbanization has globally led to economic and infrastructural growth but has also resulted in environmental degradation, decreased access to fertile agricultural land, increased food demand, and fragmentation of essential ecosystems. These challenges are prevalent in Swedish cities, including Uppsala, where green spaces are predominantly covered by lawns. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Revitalising urban landscape : strategies and visions for the railway loop of Riga

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Författare :Inta Vaska; [2019]
    Nyckelord :railway infrastructure; brownfields; wastelands; industrial lands; post-industrial landscape; soil polution; phytoremediation; noise mitigation;

    Sammanfattning : lmost two centuries ago technological progress together with a growth of manufacturing rapidly changed the way how we organise our cities and infrastructure. Transport, especially railways, gained a dominant role as very efficient way to transport goods and people. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Sulfur poisoning and regeneration of copper zeolites for NH3-SCR : Effect of SO2/SO3 ratio

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Luleå tekniska universitet/Kemiteknik

    Författare :Åsa Högström; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Cu-zeolites; Ammonia-SCR; Sulfur poisoning; Regeneration; Kinetic model;

    Sammanfattning : The road transportation is a big source for the release of NOx emissions. NOx has been confirmed to cause negative affect on the air-quality especially in the urban areas, there are therefore regulations for allowed released amount from vehicles. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Influences of an Eco-village towards Urban Sustainability : A case study of two Swedish eco-villages

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Författare :Mi Youn Kim; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Sustainable Development; Eco-villages; Environmental behaviour; Grassroots Innovations;

    Sammanfattning : Scholars who study grassroots innovations argue that small-scale community-led urban projects can serve as catalysts accelerating sustainability, by spreading their techniques and practices into a broader society. This thesis explores the claim by investigating influences of two Swedish eco-villages through two spheres: individual and whole eco-village project basis-influence. LÄS MER

  7. 5. How integrated are women and gender in Integrated Water Resource Management? : a discourse analysis

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Karin Johansson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Gender; water; women; IWRM; men; development; discourse analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how gender and women are included, constructed and represented in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) policy documents. Using Critical Discourse Analysis with a feminist approach, this study analyzes ten IWRM policy documents, ranging from the international to national level. LÄS MER