Search for dissertations about: "spatial renewal"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words spatial renewal.
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1. Vestiges of urban spirit : Isfahan's urban fabric through socio-spatial transformations
Abstract : The city of Isfahan, one of the most historic urban settlements in Iran, has undergone dramatic socio-spatial transformations during the recent decades, beginning with the modernization programs of the 1920s. While the urban structure of Isfahan was the outcome of a process over centuries of incremental evolution, a new mode of place making and street patterns was imposed on the historic fabric of the city within the space of only a few decades. READ MORE
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2. Spatial analysis of urban housing stocks
Abstract : Urban building-stocks must be transformed in order to reduce energy and resource use to achieve climate change mitigation targets. As the rate of renewal in the building-stock is low, energy efficiency measures need to be applied when renovation is being done. READ MORE
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3. Lake Dissolved Organic Matter Quantity and Quality : Variability across Temporal and Spatial Scales
Abstract : Surface waters receive large amounts of dissolved organic matter (DOM) via runoff from land. The DOM is rich in organic carbon that serves as an energy source for the aquatic biota. During uptake of this energy, aquatic organisms mineralize organic carbon. READ MORE
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4. Cell renewal : terms and conditions may apply
Abstract : The longevity and turnover of the different constituent cells of an organism define its development, size, health, and biological age. The present thesis discusses the renewal rates and functions of cells in several organs and tissues: peripheral blood, bone marrow, intestine and central nervous system. READ MORE
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5. Rowing social-ecological systems: morals, culture and resilience
Abstract : The shift from management and governance of ecosystems to relational complex adaptive social-ecological systems (SES) emphasizes a dynamic and integrated humans-in-nature perspective. Such a shift also needs to investigate how diversity and differences in cultures and morals relate to the existence of SES. READ MORE