Sökning: "Urbanisering"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Urbanisering.

  1. 11. Biskop och stad : aspekter av urbanisering och sociala rum i medeltidens Linköping

    Författare :Göran Tagesson; Historisk arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Medeltidens historia; Medieval history; sacral topography; residential yards; chapter; bishop; urban identity; urbanization; material culture; spatial analyses; Sweden; Middle Ages;

    Sammanfattning : Is it possible to understand a society and a certain place that is long since gone? The aim of this thesis is to study and analyse a historic period and its people through the remains of their material culture, the social relations and how these were materialized in an urban setting. The main subject of the empirical study, the medieval episcopal town of Linköping, has shifted out-look, function and meaning during different periods, but always with strong ideological expressions. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Shell Age Economics : Marine Gathering in the Kingdom of Tonga, Polynesia

    Författare :Thomas Malm; Humanekologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; chieftainship; cosmology; demography; marine tenure systems; tragedy of the commons ; seaweeds; marine invertebrates; gender roles; indigenous knowledge; maritime anthropology; Tongans; Tonga; Oceania; Polynesia; totemism; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This monograph analyses marine gathering in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga from ecological, social and cognitive perspectives. The overarching issues explored are (1) the significance of marine gathering in the past and present, (2) how seaweeds and marine invertebrates have been perceived, classified, named and used, (3) how they have been implicated in social relations, and (4) how the integration of the islands into the modern world system has affected the marine environment and the exploitation of its resources. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Influential factors in simulations of future urban stormwater quality : Climate change, progressing urbanization and environmental policies

    Författare :Matthias Borris; Tone Merete Muthanna; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; VA-teknik; Urban Water Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : Climate change is regarded as one of the main future challenges implyingchanging hydrological conditions in urban areas. At the same time many urbanareas are expected to grow due to increasing population, which will most likelycause a higher level of urbanization. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Närheter och avstånd i ett nordvärmländskt skogslandskap : Praktiker och betydelser i nya tidsrumsliga sammanhang

    Författare :Camilla Berglund; Gabriel Bladh; Gerhard Gustafsson; Susanne Stenbacka; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Landscape; Practices; Meanings; Ruralities; Relationality; Forest; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the contemporary forest landscape of northern Värmland in Sweden in terms of practices, meanings and time-space relations. The increasing urbanization worldwide also affects the countryside landscape to produce what is generally referred to as  “new ruralities”, which are the result of changed conditions for livelihood and leisure. LÄS MER

  7. 15. An analysis of architectural and urban planning strategies for developing energy efficient cities in China

    Författare :Zhenhong Gu; Fredrik Gröndahl; Dong Wei; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Energy efficiency; Nanjing; China; urban planning; passive house; low exergy system; Building Environmental Assessment; LCA; Swedish housing; Hammarby Sjöstad; eco-village; game theory; systems theory; soft systems methodology; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a detailed analysis of architecture and urban planning strategies for developingenergy-efficient cities in a Chinese context. The overall aim of the work is to examine how Chineseurbanisation and city construction can be improved from an energy-saving perspective. LÄS MER