Search for dissertations about: "AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING Landscape planning Landscape architecture"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING Landscape planning Landscape architecture.
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1. Network Based Tools and Indicators for Landscape Ecological Assessments, Planning, and Design
Abstract : Land use change constitutes a primary driving force in shaping social-ecological systems world wide, and its effects reach far beyond the directly impacted areas. Graph based landscape ecological tools have become established as a promising way to efficiently explore and analyze the complex, spatial systems dynamics of ecological networks in physical landscapes. READ MORE
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2. Considering landscape in practices of transport planning
Abstract : A well-known challenge in planning is for the professionals involved to handle multiple sources ofknowledge and to influence decision-making as a result. This challenge is the main focus of this research and in order to explore it I have directed attention to the integration of knowledge pertaining to landscape in practices of transport planning. READ MORE
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3. Biotope and biodiversity mapping in forest and urban green space : methodological review and developments
Abstract : Forests play an important role in providing ecosystem services that support the ecological integrity of an area and also supply social benefits for humans. Many of the essential ecological and social benefits derived from forest are underpinned by its biodiversity. READ MORE
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4. Communicating visions for urban development : a micro-study of a governance process
Abstract : This thesis studies the topic of policy making in the context of producing a comprehensive plan. The thesis uses the case of a municipality in Sweden. Contributing to the understanding of how governance processes can be performed, this thesis studies policy making in a collaborative situation. READ MORE
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5. Developing theory of public involvement in landscape planning : democratising landscape
Abstract : Public involvement has been recognised as a fundamental aspect of landscape planning for over 40 years, and has been more recently legitimised in policy through the European Landscape Convention. However, the practice of public involvement in landscape planning remains questionable. READ MORE