Search for dissertations about: "Stockholmsregionen"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word Stockholmsregionen.

2. 1. District Heating in a Liberalized Energy Market: A New Order? : Planning and Development in the Stockholm Region, 1978-2012

   Author : Dick Magnusson; Jenny Palm; Christer Persson; Dag Henning; Arne Kaijser; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : District heating; energy; Stockholm region; municipal planning; regional planning; large technical systems; splintering urbanism; planning doctrines; Fjärrvärme; energi; Stockholmsregionen; kommunal planering; regional planering; Large Technical Systems; Splintering Urbanism; Planeringsdoktriner;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses how district heating systems in the Stockholm region have evolved and developed during the period 1978-2012. The thesis comprises four papers analyzing how district heating has been handled in municipal and regional planning. READ MORE

4. 2. Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Expansive Urban Regions : Conditions and Challenges for Municipal Spatial Planning Practice

   Author : Johan Högström; Berit Balfors; Monica Hammer; Patrik Tornberg; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainable development; Sustainability; Cross-level; Interplay; Mark- och vattenteknik; Land and Water Resources Engineering;

   Abstract : From the local to the global level, there is a growing insight that human actions are having a profound and wide-reaching impact on natural and social systems. As a consequence, there is a need for sustainable development and planners are now challenged to integrate social, ecological and economic aspects in utilized planning process that span from the regional to the local. READ MORE

5. 3. Industrial Dynamics and Regional Structural Change : Geographical Perspectives on Economic Evolution

   Author : Martin Henning; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agglomeration externalities; industrial dynamics; Regional system; structural change; Sweden; industry life cycle; technology shift;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the process of economic transformation taking place in Sweden since the mid 1970s. Especially, it is concerned with how and why benefits that firms and industries draw from regional co-location with other actors (agglomeration externalities) vary over stages of economic transformation. READ MORE

6. 4. Framework for holistic design of ferries focusing on lightweight ice going hulls

   Author : Harsha Cheemakurthy; Karl Garme; Zuheir Barsoum; Magnus Burman; Jani Romanoff; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; waterborne public transportation; commuter ferry; modular design; platform architecture; operational requirements; sustainable performance index; ice-hull interaction; lightweight ice-going hulls; composite; sandwich structure; ice impact model.; Farkostteknik; Vehicle and Maritime Engineering;

   Abstract : Waterborne public transportation (WPT) is slowly increasing in importance as an active component of public transportation networks in cities. City planners are looking at WPT to overcome urban congestion and pollution. READ MORE

7. 5. Congestion Effects in Transport Modelling and Forecasting

   Author : Jens West; Maria Börjesson; Carlo Giamoco Prato; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Transportvetenskap; Transport Science;

   Abstract : Transport investments and policies are increasingly turned towards dealing with transport congestion rather than with shortening the potential free flow travel time. However, appraisal methodologies for projects meant to reduce congestion are relatively less well developed compared to methodologies for projects aiming to reduce travel times. READ MORE