Search for dissertations about: "cities"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 569 swedish dissertations containing the word cities.

  2. 21. Urban types in rapidly urbanising cities

    Author : John Modestus Lupala; KTH; []
    Keywords : urban types; hourse forms; densily; plot characteristics; spaces and space use; spatial quality; formal and informal settlement; dar es salaam;

    Abstract : One of the challenges confronting cities innon-industrialised countries today is the fact that cities aregrowing at unprecedented rates, sizes and densities. Growthtrends in these cities are largely unregulated. READ MORE

  4. 22. Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Cities : The Monitoring of Water Distribution Networks Case

    Author : Du Rong; Carlo Fischione; Ming Xiao; Iordanis Koutsopoulos; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Integer Programming; Nonconvex Optimization; Network Lifetime; Dynamic; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

    Abstract : The development of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is making it possible to monitor our cities. Due to the small size of the sensor nodes, and their capabilities of transmitting data remotely, they can be deployed at locations that are not easy or impossible to access, such as the pipelines of water distribution networks (WDNs), which plays an important role in protecting environment and securing public health. READ MORE

  5. 23. Mobilising digitalisation to serve environmental goals

    Author : Tina Ringenson; Mattias Höjer; Anna H Kramers; Caitlin Cottrill; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Digitalisation; sustainability; smart cities; smart mobility; sustainable mobility; smart sustainable cities; Digitalisering; hållbarhet; smarta städer; smart mobilitet; hållbar mobilitet; smarta hållbara städer; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : Human development is currently leading to destruction of the stability of the earth system upon which we depend for our survival. In other words, it is unsustainable. At the same time, urbanisation and digitalisation are progressing at a rapid pace. READ MORE

  6. 24. Optimization of Snow Removal in Cities

    Author : Roghayeh Hajizadeh; Kaj Holmberg; Elina Rönnberg; Henrik Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Removing snow in a city is an unavoidable task in Nordic countries like Sweden. A number of streets in an area need to be cleared of snow by a limited number of vehicles and the tours for the vehicles must be planned in order to minimize the time and/or cost. READ MORE

  7. 25. Rhine cities - urban flood integration (UFI) : German and Dutch adaptation and mitigation strategies

    Author : Cornelia Redeker; V.J. Meyer; Netherlands Delft Department of Urbanism Faculty of Architecture and The Built Environment Delft University of Technology; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Flood management; Rhine; Germany; Netherlands; Urban Flood Integration; climate change; klimatförändringar; sustainability; hållbarhet; design; design;

    Abstract : Flood Risk Management along the Rhine today combines river expanding measures and adaptive strategies with the existing defensive system to cope with the risk increase as a consequence of previous interventions and developments and fluctuations in water levels due to climate change. Differences in landscapes and urgencies and differences in planning cultures between the Upper and Lower Rhine and the Delta have also led to different strategic approaches. READ MORE