Search for dissertations about: "Urbanization"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 140 swedish dissertations containing the word Urbanization.

  2. 6. Bus rapid transit (BRT) and transitoriented development (TOD) : How to transform and adjust the Swedish cities for attractive bus systems like BRT? What demands BRT?

    Author : Todor Stojanovski; Lars-Göran Mattsson; Karl Kottenhoff; Haris Koutsopoulos; Tom Rye; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; bus rapid transit BRT ; transit-oriented development TOD ; bus transportation; neighborhood; urban form; urban morphology; urbanization; Transportvetenskap; Transport Science;

    Abstract : Bus rapid transit (BRT) is an innovative bus system with sophisticated vehicles and inflexible busways integrated in the cities, high capacity and high quality, high speed and frequency, distinctive image and comfort. Many in Sweden believe that is impossible to introduce BRT, even though the Swedish towns and cities can benefit from the image, speed and frequency that BRT symbolizes. READ MORE

  4. 7. Earth Observation based Monitoring of Urbanizationand Environmental Impact in Kigali, Rwanda

    Author : Theodomir Mugiraneza; Yifang Ban; Jan Haas; Emmanuel Twarabamenye; Constantinos Cartalis; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth observation; Landsat; Sentinel-2; WorldView-2; Urbanization; Land cover classification; Support vector machines; Random forest; U-Net; LandTrendr; Landscape metrics; Ecosystem services; Environmental impact analysis; Kigali; Rwanda; Jordobservation; Landsat; Sentinel-2 MSI; WorldView-2; Urbanisering; Klassificering av marktäcke; Stödvektormaskiner; Slumpmässig skog; U-Net; LandTrendr; Landskapsmetriker; Ekosystemtjänster; Miljökon- sekvensanalys; Kigali; Rwanda.; Geoinformatics; Geoinformatik;

    Abstract : Urbanization is one of the great challenges in the 21st century. Despite being an engine for the global economy, urban areas consume 78% of World's energy and emit more than 60% of greenhouse gas emission. Sub-SaharanAfrican cities, e.g. READ MORE

  5. 8. The Urban Farmer : Osteoarchaeological Analysis of Skeletons from Medieval Sigtuna Interpreted in a Socioeconomic Perspective

    Author : Anna Kjellström; Ebba During; Jan Storå; Sten Tesch; Berit Sellevold; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; urbanization; health index; Middle Ages; sex distribution; age distribution; dietary patterns; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : At the end of the 10th century the first Swedish town Sigtuna was founded, which can be recognized as the beginning of urbanization in the Mälaren valley. Christianity was growing strong and the administrative power was probably concentrated to a few magnates gathered around a king. READ MORE

  6. 9. Growth and decline in rural Sweden : geographical distribution of employment and population 1960–2010

    Author : Martin Hedlund; Linda Lundmark; Emma Lundholm; Olof Stjernström; Kjell Overvåg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rural restructuring; rural heterogeneity; manufacturing decline; agricultural decline; urbanization; rural typology; life-course perspective; cluster analysis; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the combination of changes in the population and employment into sectors in rural Sweden for the period 1960-2010. The aim is to describe and analyze the demographic changes together with the labour market changes, and to account for the spatial outcome of these changes by considering the heterogeneity of rural areas. READ MORE

  7. 10. Understanding the urban ecosystem : interactions between plants, animals, and people

    Author : Johan Kjellberg Jensen; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; air pollution; avian physiology; fatty acids; human-nature interactions; nature connection; non-native plants; nutrition; trophic interactions; urban ecology; urbanization; air pollution; avian physiology; fatty acids; human-nature interactions; nature connection; non-native plants; nutrition; trophic interactions; urban ecology; urbanization;

    Abstract : Cities are the pinnacle of human change to the environment, creating unique types of ecosystems which present many challenges to local organisms: habitat fragmentation, introduced species, and various pollutants. Being crucibles of anthropogenic effects, urban ecosystems offer opportunities to understand how humans impact nature. READ MORE