Sökning: "Urban technology"
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1. Vestiges of urban spirit : Isfahan's urban fabric through socio-spatial transformations
Sammanfattning : The city of Isfahan, one of the most historic urban settlements in Iran, has undergone dramatic socio-spatial transformations during the recent decades, beginning with the modernization programs of the 1920s. While the urban structure of Isfahan was the outcome of a process over centuries of incremental evolution, a new mode of place making and street patterns was imposed on the historic fabric of the city within the space of only a few decades. LÄS MER
2. Attractiveness in Urban Design : A study of the production of attractive places
Sammanfattning : This research project investigates the production of attractive places, through theory form and everyday life. The research study was originally sprung from practical questions regarding the extensive use of the term attractiveness in urban planning and design. LÄS MER
3. URBAN SEGREGATION AND URBAN FORM : From residential segregation to segregation in public space
Sammanfattning : Urban segregation is considered a major social problem in Sweden and several national anti-segregation initiatives have been launched to decrease social and ethnic segregation but so far only with marginal effects (SOU 2005:29). Urban design and town planning are rarely the focus in national anti-segregation initiatives; the architectural issue has mainly been confined to matters concerning housing policies. LÄS MER
4. Enhanced District Heating Technology : Maintaining Future System Feasibility
Sammanfattning : When heat demand and high temperature heat supply gradually decreases in the future, then it will effect district heating systems ability to compete on the heat market. A good way to mitigate less district heating feasibility is to operate systems with lower temperature levels and the most conceivable way to achieve lower temperature levels is to decrease return temperatures. LÄS MER
5. Integrating the bucking operation with production control in sawmilling
Sammanfattning : There is an ongoing shift in production strategy in the sawmill industry in Scandinavia from bulk production of standard grades towards customer- oriented production of well-defined products. The bucking operation places limits on the timber that can be sawn from the logs. Thus, it is important to be able to control the bucking process. LÄS MER