Search for dissertations about: "local preservation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words local preservation.

  2. 1. Your monument our schrine : The preservation of Great Zimbabwe

    Author : Webber Ndoro; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Archaeological- and cultural heritage management; preservation and presentation; cultural landscape; Great Zimbabwe; national shrines; cultural significances; local and indigenous knowledge; cultural values; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    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

  4. 2. Life in a World Heritage City : A case study of discussions and contested values in Angra do Heroísmo, the Azores

    Author : Marit Johansson; Peter Aronsson; Geir Vestheim; Bodil Petersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; World Heritage City; Angra do Heroísmo; Azores; local community; development; preservation; negotiations; dissonance; AHD; Verdensarvby; Angra do Heroísmo; Asorene; lokalsamfunn; forvaltning; moderne utvikling; bevaring; forhandlinger; dissonans; AHD;

    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

  5. 3. Set Constraints for Local Search

    Author : Magnus Ågren; Pierre Flener; Justin Pearson; Gilles Pesant; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; combinatorial problems; constraint-based local search; constraint-directed search; constraint programming; incremental algorithms; monadic existential second-order logic; neighbourhoods; penalty; set variables; set constraints; variable conflicts; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Datavetenskap; Computer Science;

    Abstract : Combinatorial problems are ubiquitous in our society and solving such problems efficiently is often crucial. One technique for solving combinatorial problems is constraint-based local search. Its compositional nature together with its efficiency on large problem instances have made this technique particularly attractive. READ MORE

  6. 4. Dis(re)membering Spaces: Swedish Modernism in Law Courts Controversy

    Author : Michael Landzelius; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Asplund; Göteborg.; Law and space; Preservation; Sweden; Mass media and architecture; Modernity; Mass media and architecture; Law and space; Modernity; Preservation; Asplund; Sweden; Göteborg.;

    Abstract : The dissertation addresses the public controversy, as reflected in newspaper coverage, over the 1936 Law Courts Annex in Göteborg, Sweden. The controversy is conceived as a tension-filled, multi-layered conjuncture of urban rivalry within the nation-state. READ MORE

  7. 5. Monument & miljö : perspektiv på det tidiga 1900-talets byggnadsvård i Sverige

    Author : Ola Wetterberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; restoration; vernacular architecture; architects; building conservation; museum curators; building regulations; model designs; local preservation; monuments; building culture; town planning;

    Abstract : The fundamental aim of this thesis is to survey the ways in which historical factors were considered in building conservation, building activities and town planning during the first decades of the twentieth century. The main concern is the ways these factors were introduced in legislation and governmental organisation. READ MORE