Sökning: "land reclamation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden land reclamation.

  1. 1. När floden märkte marken : Om bruket av översvämningsmark längs med Emån och Ätran 1500–1910

    Författare :Oscar Jacobsson; Anders Wästfelt; Johan Berg; Jesper Larsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; historical geography; agricultural history; water history; floodplain; Sweden; wetland reclamation; meadows; Emån; Ätran; agricultural transformation; human-environment relations; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : Large landscape transformations were an integral part of the agricultural revolution in Sweden, starting during the late 18th century. The 19th century was an especially intensive century when it comes to the transformation of the cultural landscape, not the least marked by extensive changes in the use of agricultural wetlands with interventions in watercourses, lowering of lakes and wetland reclamation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Havrefolket. Studier i befolknings- och marknadsutveckling på Dalboslätten 1770-1930

    Författare :Erik Hallberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; modern history; Dalsland; Sweden; north-western Europe; agricultural revolution; demographic transi- tion; population growth; enclosure; market; long depression; depopulation; land reclamation; capital accumulation; fertility; proletarianisation; migration; religion;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the relationship between the rapid demographic and economic development of agrarian Sweden during the 19th century is investigated. The area in focus is the Dalbo plain in the province of Dal in western Sweden. In the 19th century, land was reclaimed to a great extent in the area. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Freden, friköpen och järnplogarna. Drivkrafter och förändringsprocesser under den agrara revolutionen i Halland 1700 - 1900

    Författare :Pablo Wiking-Faria; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; agricultural revolution; motivating forces; Halland; Sweden; history; northwestern Europe; 18th century; 19th century; peasants; freeholders; bottom-up theory; estate inventories; agricultural tools; land reclamation; cultivation systems; enclosures; livestock;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis studies the agricultural revolution in the province Halland in southwestern Sweden. New tools, land reclamation, new cultivation systems, better livestock, enclosures and free holding during the period 1700-1900 are investigated. The source materials consist of estate inventories, land survey documents and present descriptions. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Remote Sensing of Urbanization and Environmental Impacts

    Författare :Jan Haas; Yifang Ban; Lars Eklund; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Remote Sensing; Classification; Land Use Land Cover; Support Vector Machine; Random Forest; Urbaniztion; Environmental Impact; Landscape Metrics; Ecosystem Services; Geomatik; Geomatics;

    Sammanfattning : The unprecedented growth of urban areas all over the globe is nowadays maybe most apparent in China having undergone rapid urbanization since the late 1970s. The need for new residential, commercial and industrial areas leads to new urban regions challenging sustainable development and the maintenance and creation of a high living standard as well as the preservation of ecological functionality. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Land degradation and mitigation in northern China. Evaluated from the biological production

    Författare :Micael Runnström; Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; marklära; geomorfologi; Fysisk geografi; climatology; kartografi; klimatologi; cartography; pedology; desertification; China; GPP; Mu Us; LUE-model; overgrazing; Physical geography; geomorphology;

    Sammanfattning : Land degradation is commonly perceived to be severe in many parts of semi arid China. The transition towards market economy since the 1978 reforms, have set marginal dry lands under added pressure in the form of increased livestock numbers and expanding cultivation on erosive soils. LÄS MER