Sökning: "urban laboratories"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade orden urban laboratories.

  1. 1. RAINWATER HARVESTING FROM ROOF TOPS IN URBAN AREAS: QUANTITY, QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT : Case studies in Sweden and Colombia

    Master-uppsats, Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Författare :Sonny Colin; Michael Erneland; [2023]
    Nyckelord :3D-printing; Hydrological cycle; Low-cost sensors; Water scarcity; Water shortage; Water supply; Water quality; Water quality Index; Water quantity;

    Sammanfattning : This study has looked at two separate locations, Malmö in Sweden, and Medellin in Colombia, and what the possibilities of rainwater harvesting are in those locations. The paper investigated data gathered by low-cost sensors in Malmö region, as well as sampling and measurements of rainwater collected in Malmö and Medellin, analysed by laboratories in both countries. LÄS MER

  3. 2. "There's always people around to help". A study of worldviews, social practices, and autonomy in Freetown Christiania

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :David Amado-Blanco Gonzalez; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Sustainability science; inner dimensions; interstitial spaces; urban squatting; social practices; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Sustainability science has recently seen a growth of literature focused on individuals’ “inner dimensions” as a vehicle for transformative social change, an approach argued to be too individualistic. This thesis fits between both excessively structural and individualistic models of social transformation by framing inner dimensions into a theory of social change through collective action. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Landscape laboratory Hurlingham-Morón : experimental landscape design for a polluted watercourse in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires

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

    Författare :Dag Lindbom; Nelly Theander; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Buenos Aires; landscape architecture; landscape laboratory; watercourse; evolutionary design; mitigation measure; climate change; NbS; open urban space;

    Sammanfattning : The subject of this master thesis is Arroyo Morón, a watercourse situated in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the limited site for this project is located in the municipalities of Hurlingham and Morón. Present at the site today is the intertwined challenges of flood, pollution and social vulnerability but also the threat of further fragmentation of existing socio-ecological systems. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Impact of Water Chlorination on Faecal Carriage Rates of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Bangladeshi Children

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Författare :Esther Greenwood; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Drinking water chlorination; antimicrobial resistance; ESBL-E; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Can drinking water chlorination reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of today’s most pressing global health threats, accounting for an estimated 700,000 deaths per year (WHO, 2019). The WHO has emphasized the need for effective sanitation and hygiene measures in order to reduce the incidence of infections caused by antimicrobial resistant bacteria (WHO, 2015). LÄS MER

  7. 5. FASCOM: Smart cities exploration and Urban Lab selection for a successful implementation

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Energiteknik

    Författare :Charles De Brosses; [2016]
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    Sammanfattning : As the world of smart cities is expanding at an accelerated pace, companies need to understand and evaluate the opportunities that open up to them. The solar street light: FASCOM has been created by SIARQ to facilitate the transition from a city to a smart city. LÄS MER