In a city sometimes conflicts arise between either to save the species-rich vacant lots where many species thrive, or to build new buildings. Green roofs can then serve as a refuge for plants and animals that have had their natural habitat destroyed or diminished. Today we know too little about green roofs contribution to the biodiversity in the cities. We also know very little about how various types of vegetation on roof can increase biodiversity and its ability to attract different species.The aim with this study was to examine how different types of vegetation on the roofs affect the biodiversity of the invertebrate and how species-composition and number of individuals differ between the roof- and groundlevel.This study has been carried out on Augustenborg Botanical Roof Gardens in Malmo, and in an area about 1.5 kilometers away from Augustenborg. Three different types of vegetation on the roof and ground floor were selected: sedum- ruderal and grass.

Background: The Swedish Police authorities have accomplished several changes the last years. We have studied one of these changes, the co-ordination of two supporting functions, economy and staffadministration at the Police authorities in Östergötland, Jönköping, Södermanland and SKL (Swedish crime technical laboratory). The initiative to this change was taken in 2002 and in 2003 a decision was made to create a joint servicecenter.Purpose: The purpose of this rapport is, in a collaborator perspective, to study the employees´ experiences of the change process.Method: The empirical material was collected throw interviews with the employees who have taken part in the change process. Even the leader of the project has been interviewed.Results: We have distinguished five central aspects in the change process. These are information/communication and understanding, the project leader, teamwork, timeaspect/reflexion and the leadership.

Gröna tak har använts genom alla tider, men det är främst på senare år som en säker teknik i allt högre grad har bidragit till ett ökat intresse för användningen av gröna tak, i kombination med att man i allt större utsträckning har börjat förstå de positiva effekter som vegetationen har för stadens klimat och miljö. Gröna tak har i allt högre grad börjat användas för att lösa tekniska problem så som att förbättra stadsklimatet och minska dagvattenavrinning. Men i utvecklingen, som främst drivs av en önskan och behov att lösa tekniska problem i staden, finns en risk att perspektivet för människan ? upplevelsevärdet ? kommer i skymundan. Detta kan märkas genom den stora mängd forskning som ur ett tekniskt, ekologiskt och miljömässigt perspektiv direkt är gjord för gröna tak. Argumenten gällande de gröna takens värde för människan ur ett upplevelseperspektiv grundas däremot främst från slutsatser dragna från andra typer av gröna miljöer, men lite information och forskning finns knuten till upplevelsen specifik för gröna tak.

Hittills finns det ytterst lite undersökt och skrivet om färgupplevelse av vegetation. För att få ytterliggare kunskaper som utvecklar färgförståelsen vid gestaltning av miljöer där vedartad vegetation är ett viktigt inslag, behövs en grundligare undersökning av vegetationens upplevelsevärden inklusive färgen på olika avstånd och under skilda årstider. Artikeln behandlar individers upplevelse av vegetationsburen färg och är en undersökning av upplevd färgperception i skogsbestånd. Huvudfrågorna som behandlas är: Vad händer med vår färgperception samt vårt känsloliv när ett vegetationssystem betraktas och hur mycket påverkar avståndet till objektet vår upplevelse? Dessutom berörs hur människan påverkas av den färgförändring som sker med årstidsväxlingarna samt den roll artsammansättningen spelar för färgupplevelsen.Undersökningen bestod av fyra delmoment.

AbstractBackground: The company that this report addresses is, at time for investigation, in the midst ofa change in organizational culture, where two departments with different core competencies arebrought together into one. The purpose of this study is to review the potential problems that mayoccur in the change process when one or more subcultures come into conflict with organizationalgoals.Purpose and methodology: The reason for performing this study and the objectives are toexamine how subcultures influence and respond to organizational changes. The survey isconducted with a bottom-up approach in which participation in daily activities with thesubgroups is the foundation. The management's perspective has been omitted in consideration ofpast literature in the field where focus most often has been on their thoughts and views on theprocess of organizational change. The method used is participant observation and interviews.Results and Conclusion: Subcultures exist and they do affect an organizational change.

Understory vegetation and fungi are regarded as important ecological drivers of processes like productivity and nutrient cycling in boreal forests. Whilst those processes are linked to soil water content, relatively little is known about the sources of soil water for these forest components. During early autumn in boreal forests, temperature falls and large events of rain are frequent which may influence soil water availability. To better understand the autumn plant-soil-fungi water relationships in this ecosystem, I used stable isotopes techniques in this study to examine the water sources for ericaceous shrubs and fungi in a Scots pine forest following a large, early autumn rain event. I hypothesize that ericaceous shrubs of two functional groups (evergreen vs.

Working life changes, just like the rest of today?s society, at an accelerated pace. It is through changes and challenges that human beings develop, personally and professionally. Changes are often met by resistance. The purpose of this study is to see how different factors influence individuals? experiences of change.

Dagens spel kräver hela tiden mer resurser i en konstant växande och mer detaljerad spelvärld. Det är därför intressant att titta på alternativ till att designers manuellt placerar ut innehåll i en värld. Problemet som tas upp är om det är möjligt att kombinera generering av procedurellt innehåll i form av en skog med att låta en användare kunna påverka denna generering. Problemet delas upp i två delar där en utveckling av en arkitektur sker genom att utvärdera existerande skogsmodeller och sedan implementera arkitekturen. Slutligen sker en utvärdering av modellen genom att analysera ett antal scenarier.

Abstract The accident in 1986 at the nuclear power station in Chernobyl, Ukraine, dispersed radioactive cesium over large areas of Europe. The half life of 137Cs is 30 years and this radionuclide also behaves like potassium, which means that it can easily be taken up by the vegetation or be adsorbed in to the structure of clays, principally illitic clays. When radiocesium decays ionizing radiation is emitted, which is harmful to humans that are exposed, either directly or indirectly through food intake. It is there-fore important to know what happens to the cesium that is dispersed into the environ-ment. In this project a simulation model was constructed to simulate the adsorption and transport of radiocesium in the soil and plant uptake.

This paper aims to study the Armenakis´ theory of readiness, "are they ready?", which consists of five key components affecting the outcome of an organizational change. In this case study, the intention is to investigate if any component is important; alternatively if it is possible to discern a pattern between components, i.e. how they correspond to each other. During the past 30 years have a research group lead by Armenakis has studied organizational change and how resistance to change can be avoided by preparing employees in the introductory phase of change. The main object for Armenakis is the question "what determines whether the employees (change recipients) adopt and support, or reject and resist a change".

This paper aims to study the Armenakis´ theory of readiness, "are they ready?", which consists of five key components affecting the outcome of an organizational change. In this case study, the intention is to investigate if any component is important; alternatively if it is possible to discern a pattern between components, i.e. how they correspond to each other. During the past 30 years have a research group lead by Armenakis has studied organizational change and how resistance to change can be avoided by preparing employees in the introductory phase of change. The main object for Armenakis is the question "what determines whether the employees (change recipients) adopt and support, or reject and resist a change".

Uppsatsen fokuserar på beskrivningen av idén om gröna ramverk dvs. att vegetation används som styrverktyg i en exploateringsprocess. Fokus ligger på den idémässiga beskrivningen och inte det gröna ramverkets fysiska form. Beskrivningen sker delvis genom studier av projekt i Bordeaux, Frankrike där man medvetet använt sig av gröna ramverk för att ge struktur till exploateringsområden. Jag har gjort platsbesök i Bordeaux, intervjuat ansvarig landskapsarkitekt Michel Desvigne, läst litteratur som Desvigne skrivit i ämnet samt kommunala dokument från Bordeaux. Användandet av ett grönt ramverk i Bordeaux var långt ifrån självklart vilket belyses i uppsatsen genom en redogörelse av utvecklingen och förhållningsätten till stadsbyggnadsstrategier i en postindustriell kontext i Bordeaux. Jag tolkar även möjligheterna för ett grönt ramverk i Malmö genom att studera stadens stadsbyggnadsstrategier.

The main purpose of this Master?s thesis is to examine what librarians in seven public libraries experience as major change in their work tasks. We are also interested in exploring how these changes influence librarians? ways of working. In addition to this we want to explore if librarians have experienced change in relation to user?s expectations and demands and if so, how they are met.

The complex, ever growing and changing environment, requires that today's organizations are dynamic and willing to change in order to stand competitive.This awareness has made change number one priority in almost all organizations' agenda.We live in a world that is constantly changing, yet many organizations fail to change successfully. When a change occurs in complex environments with multiple stakeholders, it immediately increases the complexity and the challenges of the change process.A complex situation may arise when, for example, partial outsourcing of the corporate information system infrastructure. Two of the most difficult challenges that organizations face today is to conduct a successful change process and managing the effect of a change, such as arising expectations. It is very common for change in an organization not to achieve the desired result or that they even fail. There may be a lot of reasons for these failures.

Natriumklorid sprids i ca. 20 skidbackar inom A?res skidsystem. Natriumklorid sa?nker vattens fryspunkt och go?r att sno?n kan ha?llas ha?rd under ta?vlingar, vilket ger de ta?vlande sa? lika fo?rutsa?ttningar som mo?jligt.