Search for dissertations about: "sustainable housing"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the words sustainable housing.

2. 6. Housing Decay and Maintenance : The Case of Public Housing in Tanzania

   Author : Felician Komu; Stellan Lundström; Marja Elsinga; KTH; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Landscape architecture; Landskapsarkitektur; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

   Abstract : The dominant discourse in Tanzania is that home ownership is the most sustainable strategy towards solving housing problem. As a result, housing policy orientation has been towards promotion of home ownership through a land-housing linkage strategy that manifests in improvement of access to identified categories of people usually classified on resources constrained criterion. READ MORE

4. 7. Environmental Research as a Tool for Change : Theoretical and methodological implications from two case studies producing knowledge for environmentally sustainable housing

   Author : Susanna Elfors; Örjan Svane; Per G. Berg; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Action Research; housing; environmental sustainability; Situation of Opportunity; Tragedy of the Commons; Settlement studies; Bebyggelseforskning;

   Abstract : The theme of this thesis is environmental research as a tool for change. In the first part of the thesis a “Situation of Opportunity” is studied, i.e. a situation when the opportunities to reduce negative environmental impacts are larger than usual. READ MORE

5. 8. Low-temperature Heating in Existing Swedish Residential Buildings : Toward Sustainable Retrofitting

   Author : Qian Wang; Sture Holmberg; Natasa Nord; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Retrofitting; Low-temperature heating; Energy efficiency; Sustainability; Swedish residential buildings; Renovering; Lågtemperatursuppvärmning; Energieffektivitet; Hållbarhet; Svenska bostadsbyggnader; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

   Abstract : As an energy-efficient alternative in cold climate countries such as Sweden, low-temperature heating (LTH) technology has shown promising advantages and shortcuts to contribute to the efficiency of heat supply, as well as to the overall sustainability of building performance. The goal of this thesis is to contribute to the development of methodologies and modeling tools to support sustainable retrofitting in the Swedish housing stock. READ MORE

6. 9. Sustainability of Social Housing in the Urban Tropics

   Author : Corinna Salzer; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Asia-Pacific; Urban Housing; Holistic Sustainability; Sustainable Building; Alternative Building Materials and Methods; Bamboo; Stakeholder Needs;

   Abstract : The Licentiate thesis looks at sustainable building approaches for social housing in emerging economies. It combines theoretical concepts with practical applications of sustainability and underlines the relevance and strength of multi-dimensional development. READ MORE

7. 10. Essays on welfare and debt : From impact evaluation in Kenya to Canadian housing markets

   Author : Jean-Philippe Deschamps-Laporte; Lars Hultkrantz; Jörgen Levin; Gunnar Isacsson; Elin Vimefall; Dick Durevall; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Impact evaluation; rural development; agricultural extension; technology adoption; wealth effect; housing; household debt;

   Abstract : This thesis is comprised of two independent essays on the topics of impact evaluation, and one essay on the housing wealth-effect. The essays address key questions on welfare and spending decisions made by households when subject to government assistance programs and increases in housing prices. READ MORE