Search for dissertations about: "infrastructure planning"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 229 swedish dissertations containing the words infrastructure planning.
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1. Life Cycle Costing in Road Planning and Management : A Case Study on Collision-free Roads
Abstract : Construction of infrastructure does not only mean large capital investments but also future costs to operate and maintain these assets. Decision making in planning and design of roads will impact the need of future operation and maintenance activities. READ MORE
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2. Swedish infrastructure policy and planning - conditions for sustainability
Abstract : Sustainability has been on the agenda for decades. Yet it is not evident that the development we are witnessing can qualify as sustainable. Departing from an understanding of the adoption of sustainability as an on-going, unfinished process the thesis explores conditions for sustainability in Swedish transport infrastructure policy and planning. READ MORE
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3. An infrastructure of freedom : Atlanta, race, and the struggle over public transportation in the capitalist city
Abstract : This thesis provides a multiscalar analysis of the production and struggle over the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), the main transit system in metro Atlanta. It examines how the actions and visions of the state, capital, and transportation activists intersect to structure how and to what extent transit systems can be organized to realize their distinctive potential to allow urban residents to meet their basic mobility needs. READ MORE
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4. Infrastructure investment planning under uncertainty
Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with the planning processes in transportation and infrastructure investments and the aim is to improve risk assessment, risk valuation and risk management. Many of the results presented in this thesis are also applicable to a wider range of questions... READ MORE
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5. A Gap in the Grid : Attempts to introduce natural gas in Sweden 1967-1991
Abstract : This thesis follows the process of introducing natural gas in Sweden and the construction of a Northern European gas grid from 1967 to 1991. Natural gas is a relatively unnoticed fuel in Sweden today, but this relative anonymity stands in contrast to an extensive historical activity that has taken place behind the scenes of Swedish energy policy. READ MORE