Search for dissertations about: "heritage and preservation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words heritage and preservation.
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1. Energy Efficiency and Preservation in Our Cultural Heritage : EEPOCH
Abstract : The project EEPOCH concerns our built heritage and the complex set of problems that exist between energy efficiency and preservation perspectives. New legislation demanding efficient energy use is predicated on the documented potential of energy efficiency on both national and international levels. READ MORE
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2. Enhanced Energy Efficiency and Preservation of Historic Buildings : Methods and Tools for Modeling
Abstract : As the environmental impacts of the energy usage of the world today becomes more and more evident, enhancement of energy performance of the already existing building stock becomes more urgent. Buildings belonging to the cultural heritage are often the ones that are most difficult to deal with in this context. READ MORE
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3. Preserving Impermanence : The Creation of Heritage in Vientiane, Laos
Abstract : This thesis is about the heritage in Vientiane. In an attempt to go beyond a more traditional descriptive approach, the study aims at bringing forward a discussion about the definition, or rather the multiplicity of definitions, of the concept of heritage as such. READ MORE
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4. Your monument our schrine : The preservation of Great Zimbabwe
Abstract : Cultural heritage management in African and in other non-western societies, has mainly been concerned with the preservation and presentation of archaeological monuments primarily from a technical point of view. In Zimbabwe the emphasis has been on the preservation of spectacular monumental architectural places like Great Zimbabwe. READ MORE
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5. Life in a World Heritage City : A case study of discussions and contested values in Angra do Heroísmo, the Azores
Abstract : The objectives of this study are to critically map and analyse past and current discussions, negotiations and social processes that take place and relate to conditions created by living in- or monitoring the World Heritage City Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores, Portugal. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews with the stakeholders in the city, the purpose has been to study how, and with what result and consequences, contested values, interests, rhetoric and powers are mobilized and made into dynamic forces for these stakeholders. READ MORE