Search for dissertations about: "effects of urban growth on land use"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words effects of urban growth on land use.

2. 1. Urban Growth Modeling Based on Land-use Changes and Road Network Expansion

   Author : Yikang Rui; Yifang Ban; Henning Sten Hansen; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; urban growth sprawl; land-use simulation; multi-agent system; road network pattern; space syntax; complex networks; evolving weighted networks; nonlinear growth; local world; hierarchy; self-organized; local optimization; morphological changes; street centrality; adaptive kernel density estimation; dual representation;

   Abstract : A city is considered as a complex system. It consists of numerous interactivesub-systems and is affected by diverse factors including governmental landpolicies, population growth, transportation infrastructure, and market behavior. READ MORE

4. 2. Future trends in urban stormwater quality : effects of changes in climate, catchment characteristics and processes and socio-economic factors

   Author : Matthias Borris; Lian Lundy; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; VA-teknik; Urban Water Engineering;

   Abstract : Climate change and progressing urbanization cause numerous environmental concerns, including the impacts on urban drainage. Such impacts were addressed during the last two decades with focus on hydraulic overloading of drainage systems and the means of overload remediation by stormwater management. READ MORE

5. 3. Analysing Sustainable Urban Transport and Land-Use : Modelling tools and appraisal frameworks

   Author : R. Daniel Jonsson; Lars-Göran Mattsson; Anders Karlström; Paul Waddell; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; sustainable development; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

   Abstract : Sustainable development and climate change is high on the agenda for most cities around the world today. Urban transport is at the heart of these changes. Increasingly, it is recognised that not only is the emission of pollutants and greenhouse gases a problem, but also the detrimental effects of congestion and social exclusion. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Industrial Development and Political Economy of Africa

   Author : Eyerusalem G. Siba; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agglomeration economies; African manufacturing; Credit constraints; Darfur; Ethiopia; Ethnic cleansing; Growth; Informal sector; New firms; Poverty trap; Prices; Productivity; Resource struggle; Returns to capital; Survival; Skills.;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Returns to Capital and Informality. We study the pattern of returns to capital in the formal and informal manufacturing sectors in Ethiopia. We use a rich panel dataset of manufacturing firms in the formal sector for the period 1996-2006 and two rounds of repeated cross-sectional data of the urban informal sector firms. READ MORE

7. 5. Future urban sustainable mobility - Implementing and understanding the impacts of policies designed to reduce private automobile usage

   Author : Peter Loukopoulos; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Car-use reduction; Land-use planning; Public participation; Travel choice; psychology;

   Abstract : The historically recent growth in interest in policies designed to reduce private automobile usage, policies coming under the rubric of travel demand management (TDM), is offset by a paucity of systematic research concerning the procedures by which to define and implement such TDM policies or measures, the consequences of such TDM measures and the nature of the ensuing adaptation process occurring upon implementation of any TDM measure. The present thesis’ conceptual framework for understanding the effects of TDM measures extends and complements previous work in the transportation literature by drawing on psychological theories of goal setting and adaptation. READ MORE