Search for dissertations about: "urbanisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 98 swedish dissertations containing the word urbanisation.

  2. 1. On urbanisation and birds : Insights from a molecular and physiological perspective

    Author : Pablo Salmon; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : Air Pollution; Antioxidants; Birds; great tit Parus major; Local adaptation; Nitrogen oxides; Oxidative stress; Parallel evolution; Survival; Telomere dynamics; Telomeres; Urbanisation;

    Abstract : Urbanisation of natural habitats is rapidly intensifying and poses a potential global threat for wildlife. Thus, it is important to explore its impact on wildlife in order to understand the present and future threats and how resilient organisms are to them. READ MORE

  4. 2. Impacts of urbanisation on birds : Disentangling the effects of multiple pollutants on avian behaviour and physiology

    Author : Ann-Kathrin Ziegler; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; artificial light at night; ALAN; antioxidants; great tit; light pollution; LPS; multi-stressor; noise pollution; tropospheric ozone; urbanisation; zebra finch;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic pollution is a pervasive feature of urbanisation, reaching into ecosystems worldwide and posing novel challenges to wildlife. Not surprisingly, differences in behaviour, and physiology, have been found between urban and rural populations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Urbanisation under central planning : the case of Albania

    Author : Örjan Sjöberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

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  6. 4. Studies in the Transformation of Post-Soviet Cities : Case Studies from Kazakhstan

    Author : Michael Gentile; Jan Öhman; Örjan Sjöberg; Thomas Lundén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Kazakhstan; former Soviet Union; urbanisation; survey method; post-Soviet cities; residential preferences; socio-spatial differentiation; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : Since the demise of central planning, post-Soviet cities have found themselves operating in a radically different economic climate. Contrary to the situation during the Soviet époque, market relations and the urban economy's adjustment thereto constitute the reality which urbanites face in their daily lives. READ MORE

  7. 5. Utopian-driven projektive research exploring the field of Metaurbanism

    Author : Nel Janssens; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Worlding; Urbanisation; Sense-making; Meta-Urbanism; Theory-through-design; Unsettlement; Poetic knowledge building; Imagineering; Utopia-Driven Projective Research; Projectivity;

    Abstract : In this thesis a design-based approach is developed to address the issue of reconceptualising urbanisation. The approach is called utopia-driven projective research and is the result of a process of reflection on a number of conceptual design projects the author participated in. READ MORE