Search for dissertations about: "resilient cities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words resilient cities.

2. 1. Bridging the floods - The role of social learning for resilience building in urban water services

   Author : Åse Johannessen; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; urban water services; climate change; adaptation; urban transformation; transition; flood risk management; water resources management; disaster risk reduction; resilience; resilient cities;

   Abstract : The development of cities is increasingly threatened by a worldwide water crisis. Urban water services (including drinking water, sanitation and drainage) are facing complex and multiple pressures, which are becoming increasingly frequent and severe. READ MORE

4. 2. Linking functional traits and cultural ecosystem services in urban areas through human preferences

   Author : Julie Goodness; Erik Andersson; Thomas Elmqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Functional traits; ecosystem services; cultural ecosystem services; urban; cities; human perception; preferences; ecosystem management; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling; Sustainability Science;

   Abstract : Urban areas are now the daily lived experience for the majority of the world’s people, and it is therefore important to explore what kind of ecological communities and corresponding ecosystem functions and services are being generated in these environments. Urban areas are shaped by a variety of factors, but arguably one of the most influential is that of people, in terms of how their preferences and active selective choices for biota play out in the landscape. READ MORE

5. 3. Main streets as resilient public spaces : Zooming in on ground floors in Stockholm

   Author : Rosa Danenberg; Hans Westlund; Tigran Haas; Vikas Mehta; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Main Street; Public Space; Ground Floor; Morphology; Pandemic; Retail Gentrification; Property Ownership; Street Management; Curation; Stockholm; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

   Abstract : This research focuses on how main streets and ground floors can be adaptable and resilient public spaces. Main streets are vital components of the urban fabric of cities worldwide, serving dual roles as both links and places. READ MORE

6. 4. Urban Ecosystem Services : The Value of Green Spaces in Cities

   Author : Johannes Langemeyer; Thomas Elmqvist; Erik Gómez-Baggethun; Kai Chan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Urban; ecosystem services; valuation; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : In an ever more urban world, the role of green spaces in cities is increasingly highlighted for their capacity to provide ecosystem services for human well-being. Yet, the value of urban green spaces is still widely overlooked in urban policy and planning. READ MORE

7. 5. The role of fault management in the embedded system design

   Author : Carlo Vitucci; Daniel Sundmark; Thomas Nolte; Fredrik Asplund; Mälardalens universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Fault Management; Resilient system; Recovery methodology.; Computer Science; datavetenskap;

   Abstract : In the last decade, the world of telecommunications has seen the value ofservices definitively affirmed and the loss of the connectivity value. This changeof pace in the use of the network (and available hardware resources) has ledto continuous, unlimited growth in data traffic, increased incomes for serviceproviders, and a constant erosion of operators’ incomes for voice and ShortMessage Service (SMS) traffic. READ MORE