Search for dissertations about: "pollution and city"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words pollution and city.
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1. Air pollution in Nairobi slums : sources, levels and lay perceptions
Abstract : BackgroundAir quality in Africa has remained a relatively under-researched field. Most of the African population is dependent on biomass for cooking and heating, with most of the combustion happening in low efficiency stoves in unvented kitchens. READ MORE
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2. Application of Passive DOAS for Studies of Megacity Air Pollution and Volcanic Gas Emissions
Abstract : Optical Remote Sensing Techniques offer the opportunity to, in real-time, obtain line averaged measurements of gases in the lower and upper atmosphere. These techniques easily offer themselves to automatization, which increases their usability for e.g. READ MORE
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3. Patronage, Politics and Pollution : precarious NGO-state relationships : urban environmental issues in south India
Abstract : Rapid urban population growth is a striking feature for most cities in developing countries. Such demographic change, compounded by political power structures, industrialisation and culture, pose big institutional challenges in coping with urban environments. READ MORE
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4. Constructing a Pipe-Bound City : A History of Water Supply, Sewerage, and Excreta Removal in Norrköping and Linköping, Sweden, 1860-1910
Abstract : In the mid- to late 19th century, modern pipe-bound water and sewer systems proliferated in European cities, a development that has sometimes been regarded as a necessary result of a sanitary awakening and the progress of science and technology. By analyzing the introduction and subsequent expansion of water, sewerage, and excreta collection on the local level, in the Swedish cities Norrköping and Linköping, this oversimplified picture is questioned. READ MORE
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5. Consequences of Poor Housing : Essays on Urban and Health Economics
Abstract : Essay I: Research shows that low fetal doses of radiation from nuclear catastrophes and atmospheric test bombings of nuclear weapons cause cognitive birth defects. These events are uncommon and the radioactive isotopes they create rarely reach harmful levels in nature. READ MORE
