Sökning: "urban greenery"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden urban greenery.
1. Climate regulation provided by urban greening - examples from a high latitude city
Sammanfattning : Cities exert a strong influence on urban climate, and consequently on human health and wellbeing. This increases the importance of considering climate issues in urban planning, particularly in the context of global climate change. One of the key adaptation strategies in climate-sensitive planning is urban greenery. LÄS MER
2. Stadslandskapets obrukade resurs: om grönstrukturens potential och synliggörande i en hållbar stadsutveckling
Sammanfattning : Contemporary urban landscape is characterised by disintegration and spreading out which are caused by the transport culture. Green areas are both being created, fragmented and used for other purposes. LÄS MER
3. Bilder av småstaden - om estetisk värdering av en stadstyp; Images of the Small Town - on Aesthetic Evaluation of a Townscape
Sammanfattning : The thesis takes its starting-point in the last years' growing interests in the small town as an architectural concept. Pre-industrial small towns are used as visual and structural models for very attractive new settlements in Sweden. LÄS MER
4. Planning Practices of Greening : Challenges for Public Urban Green Space
Sammanfattning : Public urban green spaces are crucial parts of cities due to the many connections existing between urban greenery and well-being. Additionally, public urban green space represents a wide range of spatial concepts, such as parks, urban forests, commons, in-between-spaces, and gardens. LÄS MER
5. Exploring Perceptions of Route Environments in Relation to Walking
Sammanfattning : Background: Every walk takes place in a route environment, which can play an important role in deterring or facilitating walking. The focus of this thesis is on the perceptions of environmental variables, and how they relate to appraisals of route environments as hindering – stimulating for walking and unsafe – safe for reasons of traffic, in two metropolitan environments. LÄS MER