This is a 20 credit Master thesis within the landscape architecture education at the Institute for Landscape Planning at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at Alnarp. Norränga is situated on the fringe of the city of Lund, east of the existing district of Linero.The city planning office of Lund municipality has come up with a ?in-depth comprehensive plan? for the exploatation of the eastern area of Lund. The plan concerns an area of 1035 square kilometre which contains at least 1500 nya buildings, two schools, primaryschools, stores and bus station for local bus traffic and the new bus line - Lundalänken. The townplan is inspired from the historical Square block city with defined street system. The municipality has visions of what the green areas should consist of.

An Internet application, VEDAIR, for estimation of air quality in regions with small-scale combustion of bio fuel has been developed by Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute with financing from Swedish Energy Agency and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The model contains user interface and a coupled model concept where concentrations of atmospheric pollutions are calculated for regional, urban and local contributions. In this report the model is described and a first study of air quality considering PM10 (particles with a diameter less than 10 µm) in two Swedish municipalities, Vänersborg and Gnosjö, is introduced.According to the result, there are areas with poor air quality even in smaller Swedish municipalities, mostly due to high emission from buildings with older wood heating furnace without hydraulic accumulator.In Vänersborg three areas were analysed in VEDAIR for the year 2003: Vargön, Mariedal and the downtown district. In the whole municipality the upper evaluation threshold for PM10, which is defined as 14 µg/m3 for annual average, was exceeded due to background contribution of particles. In all areas, however, the concentrations of PM10 were less than the environmental quality norms.

The purpose of this work has been to investigate if there are any differences in the valuation process at infringements when highway and railway are built. The work has mainly been concentrated on the negotiation process in which The National Railway Department (Banverket) and The National Road Administration (Vägverket) try to get agreements with the land owners. The agreement includes compensation for infringement effects that affects the landowner?s property. The National Road Department uses the road law (Väglagen) when a highway shall be built.

Title: ?SJ AB har kommenterat ditt inlägg?: En kvantiativ och kvalitativ studie om SJ AB:s kommunikation i sociala medierWriters: Fanny Fellman and Moa GrönroosClass, semester, year: Bachelor thesis, 15 HP, winter semester 2014Number of words in the thesis: 13 566Problem definition and purpose: Our purpose is to investigate how SJ communicate in social media in crisis. SJ AB is a Swedish train company with traffic across Sweden who may be affected by a variety of crises. Social media use has today grown and now uses just not the Internet for pleasure, but also to ask questions and get feedback. Social media leads us into a new communication scenery, which also applies to organizations to be present.

Cumulative effects are seldom treated in Swedish Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). This report treats these questions and which procedures and methods that can be used when assessing cumulative effects in EIA. This report is a literature study where also a case study is a part. The case study shows how existing methods for cumulative effects can be used in practice. The report is concentrated on biology and treats cumulative effects on premises of biodiversity and roads. Cumulative effects include both direct and indirect effects.

Detta examensarbete behandlar framtidens busslinjenät i Luleå tätort, och har utförts på uppdrag av Luleå Lokaltrafik AB. Kommunfullmäktige i Luleå har i över 10 år önskat en utveckling och effektivisering av busstrafiken för att få fler att åka buss, både för att uppfylla kommunens miljömål och för att minska underskottet i Luleå Lokaltrafiks ekonomi. För närvarande täcks bara 43% av bolagets utgifter av biljettintäkter. Syftet med detta projekt var att förbättra ett konsultförslag till nytt linjenät från Trivector Traffic AB. Förslaget hade några problem, främst att driftskostnaderna skulle öka kraftigt, men också att tidtabellerna var för stressiga för förarna och att det skulle bli väldigt trångt på ett par linjer i morgonrusningen.

Outdoor advertising is not very often discussed within city planning even though the commercial messages occupy much of public space. The advertising signs affects not only the physical environment but also social life. In this report I would like to acknowledge and question the presence of advertising in our everyday environment. Outdoor advertising is not a new phenomena, technical progress however, results constantly in new expansions in the environment. Today advertising occurs in all sorts of shapes in the cities, both as free standing signs and as signs attached to facades, incorporated in city furniture such as bus shelters and on vehicles moving along the city streets. Grouping advertising into two categories; local and national, reveals that the different categories have different impact on public space.

Hur tar sig människor utan tillgång till bil till externa köpcentrum? Är det meningen att som gående eller cyklist behöva ta sig fram i ett hav av bilar som står parkerade eller kör i cirklar för att hitta den "bästa" parkeringsplatsen? Målet med detta arbete är att undersöka om, och i så fall hur, det planeras för gång- och cykeltrafikanter vid externa köpcentrum. Arbetet vill uppmärksamma att det ofta finns problem i planeringen för gång- och cykeltrafikanter kring dessa platser. Syftet är att bidra med kunskap om hur planering och utformning av gång- och cykelvägar vid externa köpcentrum sker. Frågeställningarna har varit följande: (1)Anpassar planerare utemiljön vid köpcentrum till gång- och cykeltrafikanter? Om det görs, hur görs det då? Om inte, hur bör det göras? (2)Varför ska det planeras för gång- och cykeltrafik generellt och därmed också vid externa köpcentrum? (3)Vad finns det för dokument och riktlinjer som styr planeringen för gång- och cykeltrafik både generellt och kommunalt i Lunds kommun? (4)Hur fungerar det egentligen för personer som går eller cyklar vid exemplet Nova Lund? Hur kan det förbättras? En studie av dokument som styr planeringsprocessen för den fysiska planeringen och därmed gång- och cykeltrafiken har gjorts.

The City is filled with signs of life. It teems with human traces waiting to be discovered. Street art of different kinds prevails behind traffic signs, on posts and electrical boxes. Personally con-structed dogs guard roundabouts all around Sweden and small gardens spire underneath window ledges. In this work I want to identify these phenomena and find out what thoughts inspired these creations.

The aim of the present study was to estimate the correlation between Euro NCAP pedestrian rating scores and injury outcome in real-life car to pedestrian crashes, with special focus on long-term disability. The study also surveyed most frequently injured body regions and risk differences for specific elements of pedestrians hit by cars. Another aim was to determine whether Brake Assist systems affect the injury outcome in real-life car to pedestrian crashes and to estimate the effect in injury reduction of a high Euro NCAP ranking score combined with Brake Assist.In the current study, the Euro NCAP pedestrian scoring was compared with the real-life outcome in pedestrian crashes that occurred in Sweden 2003-2010. The real-life crash data was obtained from the data acquisition system STRADA, which combines police records and hospital admission data. The medical data consisted of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) diagnoses and Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) scoring.

Competing is a well established work model among Swedisharchitects as well as in the international architect work force.Through this study we set out to get better acquainted with thiswork model in theory and in practice, and to hopefully gainknowledge that will be of use to us and to others working in thefield of architecture.Techniques, materials as well as the artistic expression ofcontemporary architecture is international and today?s architectsoperate on a global labour market. Architects often commit to workon assignments far away from where they are based. Therefore,to physically visit the site of interest may be time consuming,expensive as well as harmful to the environment. Is it possible fora designer to accomplish relevant proposals on how to develop andimprove a place that he or she has never visited? May there evenbe situations in which the outsiders point of view is preferable?These are questions that we aim to investigate, and we do sothrough participation in an international design competition.

Det har byggts många rondeller under senare delen av 1990-talet och början av 2000-talet för att skapa bättre trafikmiljöer, minska fördröjningar och öka flexibiliteten i korsningar. I cirkulationsplatser med hög belastning och ojämna flöden kan det dock uppkomma en del problem. Ett av dessa problem kan vara att stora överordnade flöden genom rondeller blockerar trafik från mindre infarter så att långa köer bildas. I denna rapport analyseras olika åtgärder, som införandet av trafiksignaler och förändrad utformning, för att se om förbättringar är möjliga. Examensarbetet har lett till en god inventering och ökad kunskap kring problematiken kring cirkulationsplatser.Presentationen av examensarbetet är uppdelat i fem delar:Litteraturstudien gav intressant kunskap om möjligheterna med att använda trafiksignaler och fysiska förändringar för att öka kapaciteten i en hårt belastad cirkulationsplats.

Urban trees have very little in common with trees on natural sites, such as forests or pastures. Trees in urban environments are often planted in packed soil and in small volumes. This can lead to decreased availability of water and oxygen, as well as deteriorated ability for the soil to store nutritional elements. Also above ground the tree usually have limited space in cities. Regulations on free height over roads and cycle tracks demands high stems at an early stage of their development.

Organisationer måste kunna hantera förändringar eftersom de hela tiden påverkas av förändringar av både intern och extern karaktär. Det är viktigt att organisationer kontinuerligt utvecklar sitt förändringsarbete med hjälp av erfarenheter och lärdomar från sina tidigare genomförda förändringar. Tidigare forskning kring förändringsarbete visar på att kontinuerliga uppföljningar och kommunikation är viktiga faktorer för att uppnå effektiva förändringar. En brist på forskning inom detta område har också uppmärksammats varför vi har valt att studera detta närmare. Syftet med denna studie är därför att utveckla en metod för hur en organisation kan gå tillväga med kontinuerliga uppföljningar av förändringsarbeten.

The concept of planetary boundaries was introduced in the year 2009 by a group ofresearchers led by Johan Rockström and Will Steffen. The group presented a draft of thelimits of the planet regarding nine Earth System processes concerning climate change, oceanacidification, stratospheric ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosol loading, interference with Pand N cycles, global freshwater use, land-system change, rate of biodiversity loss andchemical pollution. The starting point for the study presented in this report was that asustainable development only can be achieved if humankind stays within the boundaries. It istherefore, based on the ongoing urbanization, relevant to evaluate how cities affect the EarthSystem processes. The aim of the study was to investigate if Stockholm Royal Seaport (NorraDjurgårdsstaden), a district in the northeast of Stockholm with a clear environmental profile,affects the Earth System processes less than Stockholm in general does.