"climate changes" - Selaus asiasanan mukaan Opinnäytetyöt (Avoin kokoelma)
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Safeguarding Coastal Cities: Linking Nature-Based Solutions to Sea Level Rise Adaptation : a Case Study of Florianópolis, Brazil.
(2023)Coastal cities face various additional risks associated with climate change, including sea level rise, storm surges, and coastal flooding from high tides. Conventional approaches, such as the use of hard infrastructure, ... -
Semi-automated workflow for multi-scale analysis of heatwaves : A case study of Lyon, France
(2021)Globally, the frequency, severity, and length of heatwaves have intensified and are expected to increase. While many methods for estimating heatwave risk and mapping methodologies have been developed, a comprehensive, ... -
The awareness of the young generation in Helsinki region to vegan food towards the environment
(2023)This thesis aims to find out the attitudes of young people about the impacts of their food selections and their level of awareness among the roles of vegan food to the environment. Because food has had tremendous impacts ... -
The Green Area Ratio as a planning tool for sustainable green infrastructure in a highly dense and arid urban environment. : case study Lima, Peru
(2020)Green infrastructure (GI) can simultaneously deliver a wide range of highly beneficial ecosystem services (ESs) for cities. However, in densely built arid environments, implementing GI can worsen water scarcity, limiting ... -
The impact of public space's temporary interventions in outdoor thermal comfort and microclimate : analysis of Lahti's market square during spring
(2021)Temporary interventions in the public spaces are common in the urban landscape (e.g. street markets, parklets or sun sails); however, few studies have analysed their effects on microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort, ... -
The Role of Urban Vegetation in Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation and Outdoor Thermal Comfort Improvement : Case Study of Tampere, Finland
(2023)Nowadays, cities face continuous exposure to the effects of urban heat island (UHI), a phenomenon where urban areas experience higher temperatures than rural areas (Oke et al., 2017). In Tampere, Finland, it is projected ... -
Towards climate embedded local planning in Sri Lanka to mitigate overheating : the case of Colombo.
(2021)Sri Lanka attracted a ripple of developments since the aftermath of a civil war and Colombo, the capital city, is undergoing an unprecedented development phase which could permanently alter its land cover and thus contribute ... -
Urban morphology and streetscaping as an approach to mitigate urban heat island in Glasgow city centre
(2021)The urban heat island or UHI is perhaps one of the most apparent consequences of climate change in cities. UHI is characterised as an urban area that is considerably warmer than its surrounding [Oke, 2017]. This phenomenon ... -
Urbanisation and climate change effects on urban drainage performance : a case study of SUDS in a risk area in the city of La Paz, Bolivia
(2021)The city of La Paz in Bolivia has witnessed many disaster events attributed to a surplus of rainfall, causing flooding and landslides on urban settlements. This study presents a quantitative evaluation of the effects of ... -
Vulnerability and Glasgow Greendex : a framework to optimise the impact of green infrastructure in improving socio-environmental vulnerability
(2020)The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the socio-environmental vulnerability blended with the potential of GI in Glasgow to demonstrate how two different aspects such as social and environmental aspects that often ... -
Water scarcity management in the context of urban climate resilience : benchmarking the case studies of Istanbul and London
(2021)In recent years, the exacerbated effects of climate change have brought the concept of “climate resilience” to the agenda in cities and its necessity has been increasingly recognized in order to cope with the gradual ...










