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  1. 21. Recalling Urban Nature : Linking City People to Ecosystem Services

    Författare :Stephan Barthel; Carl Folke; Thomas Elmqvist; Johan Colding; Per Olsson; Susanne Stoll-Kleemann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecosystem service; functional group; resilience; social-ecological system; urban; institution; property right; knowledge; sense-of-place; social-ecological memory; adaptive governance; scale-crossing broker; ecosystem management; Biology; Biologi; Natural Resources Management; naturresurshushållning;

    Sammanfattning : Societal development is dependent on the generation of ecosystem services (ES) to sustain it; however, many ES are degrading. This thesis investigates how social-ecological features behind practices of actor groups shape the generation of ES. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Marine oolites as proxies for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions during extinction events

    Författare :Ingrid Urban; Berggrundsgeologi; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ooids; Permian-Triassic boundary; Triassic-Jurassic Boundary; Arabian Platform; Southern Alps; palaeoenvironmental reconstruction;

    Sammanfattning : At present time, it has been stated that “Human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above 1850–1900 in 2011–2020”. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Neighborhood Design and Travel : a Study of Residential Quality, Child Leisure Activity and Trips to School

    Författare :Pia Westford; Dick Urban Vestbro; Anders Hagson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :urban design; neighborhood; car use; child leisure activity; school trips; lifestyle; perceived environment;

    Sammanfattning : Sustainable urban mobility calls for well-informed design of neighborhoods. Although many studies have been conducted in the field, there is little evidence about the relationships between design elements, urban quality and behavior. Little is also known about residents’ valuation of design and urban quality in this context. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Housing clusters for densification within an upgrading strategy : the case of Kampala, Uganda

    Författare :Assumpta Nnaggenda-Musana; Dick Urban Vestbro; Tumsifu Nnkya; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :low-income housing; home-based enterprises; house types; residential density; urban sprawl; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : The process of urbanisation in the urban centres of most sub-Saharan African countries has been brought about by numerous factors including rural to urban migration, natural increase in population, and in-migration. In Uganda due to these factors the capital city Kampala is growing rapidly. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Att styra ett hållbart byggande - En definition av och en styrmodell för ett hållbart byggande

    Författare :Urban Persson; Byggproduktion; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; sustainable construction; construction management model; styrmodell; Hållbart byggande;

    Sammanfattning : A large part of the Earth’s turnover of resources is associated with buildings and building construction. There is therefore a complex relationship to be taken into consideration when realizing construction projects, since economic and social aspects also affect individual people. LÄS MER