Problem: Enligt statistik fo?rlorar turistma?ssor i antalet utsta?llare och beso?kare, de blir o?verlag mindre varje a?r. Vi bo?rjade med att se detta problem hos TUR-ma?ssan i Go?teborg och genom denna studie valde vi att ja?mfo?ra med andra liknande turistma?ssor fo?r att se om detta var ett problem som idag pra?glade Skandinaviska ma?ssor. Eftersom ma?ssor bidrar till turism pa? den platsen den genomfo?rs och turistma?ssor bidrar till o?kad turism o?verlag blir detta ett mer omfattande problem a?n enbart fo?r arrango?rerna bakom ma?ssan.

Sammanfattning Denna uppsats behandlar ämnet hållbar turism, med hotellkedjan Scandics hållbarhetsarbete i fokus. Uppsatsen syftar även till att ta reda på om detta arbete marknadsförs samt hur kunderna uppfattar arbetet. Studien har genomförts i Karlstad och har därför fokuserats på de tre Scandic hotellen. Jag har studerat litteratur för att få en inblick i ämnet hållbar turism samt marknadsföring. En kvalitativ metod har använts genom att jag genomfört intervjuer med representanter för Scandics tre hotell i Karlstad. Jag har intervjuat hotellchefen för Scandic Klarälven samt Scandic Winn, Driftansvarige för Scandic City samt miljöansvarige för de tre hotellen.

Urban forests are important for people to get at break and be able to relax in a stressful world. Several studies show that we feel better through being out in the forest and historically this was the normal environment for us. As a result of population growth and urbanization we tend to spend less time in nature nowadays than before. Due to this development urban forests have become a central role in our society as a place where people can fulfill their needs and interests. The management of the urban forest is therefore important, especially for municipalities that own forest which is supposed to be of benefit to local residents.Falköpings municipality owns approximately 260 hectares of forest in the popular and most visited recreational area along Mösseberg?s southern slope.

Handledare: Urban Ask.

The out-of-town retail establishments are part of the dramatic structural changes in the retailing of food and groceries. There are however strong indications suggesting these establishments result in negative externalities concerning areas such as pollution and urban environment. The purpose of this study is to describe and, from an economic perspective, analyse the Swedish political regulations and planning policies concerning the out-of-town supermarkets. The analysis establishes that the current regulations regarding out-of-town retailing do not, due to the occurrence of market failures, produce an optimal situation. It might therefore be necessary to change the planning policies in a more restrictive direction.

The Go Down Arts Centre is a proposal for a new building to an existing organisation in Nairobi, Kenya. The proposal relates to the scale of the city by making a statement on a future urban path, and by welcoming the city in to the building. The proposal houses both activities affiliated to Go Down, such as studios and rehersal rooms, as well as opportunities for the visitor to meet and interact with the culture produced at Go Down, both in formal and informal settings. The building is closed to its surroundings, apart from a grand entrance towards the urban path. There, the city passes through the building to an inner courtyard, where the communication to all the rooms and activities takes place.

Through this thesis, we want to discuss how the marginalization of people, several precedent political, city planning- and engineering decisions resulted in a catastrophic outcome after hurricane Katrina in New Orleans 2005. We also put forward a case study of the Make It Right Foundation, to demonstrate how the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward are involved in the urban development of their community. We would like to draw attention to the power of citizens and how they can influence the urban development of a community after a trauma. This study also focuses on the mission of The Make It Right Foundation: which is to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward with firm concepts on sustainable development where all dimensions are accounted: ecological, social, cultural and economic. The empirical data was collected by a field study in New Orleans 2010-03-22 and semistructured interviews were made during the same days..

Effects of climate change, urbanization and global homogenization are resulted in the degradation of land and losses of natural habitats. Ecological design integrates nature into urban environment by respecting natural ecological principles and processes and creating resilient urban biotopes which also can be used by local urban communities. The aim of the thesis is to answer the research questions: How ecological design principles can be applied for re-design of Toledo Riverfront (with requirements of the design competition)? and What is the ecological design in landscape architecture? I participated in the USA design competition with the aim to create a vision and redesign of Toledo Riverfront in Ohio State, USA. The site is located in the south point of Lake Erie. As a result of a long industrial activity, riverfront of Toledo had been transformed into inaccessible and abandoned brownfields. In my proposal I applied ecological design principles on three scales: the city of Toledo by reinforcing of ecological connection and creating green corridors along the river; the intermediate scale by suggesting public parks along the river front and on the fine level by proposing detailed design including remediation of the site and use of dredged material.

This thesis deals with urban planning in connection with social and spatial integration.It´s a study of a new planning project in Malmö in southern Sweden. It´s an interesting case because this new, fashionable area will be located next to areas facing socio-economical challanges and stagnation. By using two theoretical models I analyse how the visions for planning a city are formulated and applied when policy is going to be operated. My models are ?the balanced community? and ?the dual community? .The conclusion is that the focus for Malmö and Hyllie is going towards emphasing the creation of attractive but segregated districs in a city.

In this Bachelor thesis an animal bone material from Västergarn parish is analyzed and discussed. The purpose of this thesis is to gain more knowledge about the Viking Age/Early Medieval Västergarn. Västergarn has a few remains from former days which have been discussed throughout the years and are still a bit of a mystery for archaeologists. The main focus is to inquire into whether Västergarn was an urban, complex society or a rural settlement. This will be done by studying the animal husbandry from the property of Snauvalds 1:2.

Syftet med det här examensarbetet har varit att se hur campingsituationen ser ut i Tanums kommun idag och analysera denna för att ge exempel på hur campingverksamheten kan utvecklas åt ett håll som ger en långsiktigt hållbar verksamhet, och som om det är möjligt tillgodoser de behov som olika intressenter har..

The review of Integrated green spaces in urban areas ? A case study of inner Brisbane highlight the significance of addressing characteristics, qualities and landscape values in our outdoor environment. The importance of green spaces to the wellbeing of people in the city and the ecological, social and cultural values they carry are widely recognised in the field of urban and regional planning. At the same time population growth, climate change and urban development put planners and scientists in a challenging position where new solutions must be put on the agenda in order to accomplish sustainability. Open space strategies, collaboration between stakeholders, public participation, learn from earlier failings and a ?value-led? approach facilitate the managing of open space. Brisbane is located in the fastest growing metropolitan region in Australia. The city´s open space landscapes offer cultural, geographical, recreational, social and scenic amenity assets, which make a major contribution to the regions identity they a wide world known for.

Titel: Kryssningsfartyg som rum ? en polemik kring rumsliga begrepp. Nivå:Kandidatuppsats vid Institutionen för Service Management, Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg. Författare:Katarina Håkansson, Christine Sund och Caroline Svanberg. Handledare:Christer Eldh och Ola Thufvesson.

This study investigates and describes the phenomenon of ?technical tourism?, in the case ofwind power plants in Sweden. The main purpose of the study is a greater understanding ofa field which to date has remained largely uncharted.Technical tourism is a type of visits to a production site, where the technical aspect ofthe production is the main focal point for the visitor. The definition of technical tourism isbased on concepts within ?Industrial tourism?.

Slow Food-rörelsen tror på sitt gastronomiska koncept att nöjet av god mat inte bara är en grundläggande rättighet utan en viktig länk mellan platser, människor och kulturer. Att kunna skydda maten som kulturarv, tradition och kultur är vårt gemensamma ansvar som gör nöjet möjligt. Maten är inkluderad i många aspekter av livet som till exempel kultur, politik, natur, miljö, jordbruk och inte minst turism. Den är inte bara näring, rättighet och medel att mätta hunger utan en attraktion som lockar och skapar upplevelse. Maten var tidigare inte en huvudanledning att boka en resa utan den var en biprodukt och ett basalt behov som måste tillfredställas under vistelsen på en plats.