Thesis (M.Arch.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Hous.M.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-103). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Hous.M.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1984. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

The purpose of this study was to compare the motor performance and physical fitness of children living in a high density area to that of children living in a low density area. It was hypothesized that children from the Vancouver West End score lower than children from Vancouver and children from Canada on the Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (CAHPER) Fitness Performance Test; that children from apartment floors four to twenty score lower than children living below the fourth floor on the CAHPER Fitness Performance test and the Crawford and Virgin tests; and that there is no difference between the motor performance scores of the children from the West End and the motor performance scores of the children from North York. The elementary school population of the Vancouver West End district was selected to be tested on motor performance and physical fitness test items. The CAHPER Fitness Performance Test and a battery of tests previously used by Crawford and Virgin in North York Ontario were used in the testing. The scores recorded were then compared to the Vancouver CAHPER norms, the Canadian CAHPER norms and the test scores recorded by Crawford and Virgin in their North York study. The findings indicated that West End elementary school age children score lower than Vancouver elementary school age children on the CAHPER Fitness Performance test; that the children living in the West End fall behind their peers in Vancouver in leg power and speed between the ages of seven and twelve; that the girls from the West End do not develop in their agility and cardiovascular endurance at a normal rate; that there was no difference between the scores of the children living on floors one to three and the scores achieved by children living on floors four to twenty; that no difference was found in the motor performance scores of children living in the West End and the scores of the children from North York; that the Fitness Performance scores improve as a child grows older at least to the age of twelve; and that males score higher than females on the CAHPER Fitness Performance test at the same age level. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

Avfall orsakar miljöpåverkan inom flera områden. Det ger övergödning, bidrar till försurning och även fotokemisk ozonbildning. Tidigare studier har främst fokuserat på människors attityder kopplat till avfallshantering och vägen från hushållet till återvinningsstationen. Det finns en brist på studier kring hur organiseringen ser ut i hemmet. Syftet med denna studie var att se hur hushåll organiserar sitt avfall. En jämförelse gjordes mellan ett bostadsområde med lägenheter och ett bostadsområde med fristående hus i form av en enkätundersökning. I studien framkom det att det inte fanns någon signifikant skillnad mellan hur boende i flerbostadshus upplevde källsortering jämfört med boende i enskilda hus. Hushållen organiserade sin källsortering utefter var det fanns plats. Lösningar som fungerade var att det fanns behållare för de olika avfallskategorierna, att det fanns information nära till hands, att det fanns en rutin i hushållet och att alla i hushållet ville källsortera. Det som fungerade sämre var att det fanns för få behållare, de var för små eller att utrymmet inte räckte till men också att behållarna tömdes för sällan. Det fanns ett behov av större utrymme, mer kunskap, att testa att ha påsar för de vanligaste avfallstyperna och att ha en mindre mängd avfall. / Waste has a role in several areas of environmental impact. Previous studies have mainly focused on people's norms linked to waste management and the road from the household to the recycling station. The purpose of this study was to see how households organize their waste. A comparison was made between a residential area with apartments and a residential area with detached houses in the form of a survey. The study showed that there was no significant difference between how residents in apartment buildings experienced source sorting compared with residents in individual houses. Households organized their source sorting according to where there was space. Solutions that worked well were that there were containers for the different waste categories, that there was information at hand, that there was a routine in the household and that everyone in the household wanted to sort at source. What worked less well that there were too few containers or too small, that the space was not enough and that the containers were emptied too infrequently. There was a need for more space, more knowledge, to try to have bags for the most common types of waste or to have a smaller amount of waste.

Main topic of Diploma thesis is to create a complex project for building a new sport-social complex. Based on a previously handled analysis and presumptive sport-cultural thesis of Sokol architecture, creates a main aim of the project – to proove if this concept of architectural thinking can be applied nowadays even with a contribution of actual economic and social conditions. Plan reacts on development of already built sport buildings, the absence of public area subsistent the downtown of Zlin and problems of traffic in touched area. Plan consists of a complex sport center and a hotel that is closing the north part of touched area with residential area before actual sport complex. Project also includes suggestions for transport infrastructure and public areas in thorough context.

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Living in the modern world is an energy-intensive activity. The residential sector accounts for almost a quarter of Sweden's total energy consumption and many buildings in Sweden are not as energy efficient as they could be. Estimations indicate that the energy consumption of the entire residential sector could be halved if improvements such as improved isolation and updated heating systems were implemented. About 65% of the total energy consumption in apartment buildings comes from heating and water heating. This makes it difficult to influence on an individual level since these systems are managed on a building level. In housing cooperatives which is common in Sweden, such changes take long time and the board managing the building usually lacks relevant competence. All Sweden's municipalities offer free and objective energy advisors to both individuals and companies. This paper examines, through interviews and a field study, how these energy advisors work towards housing cooperatives and if digital tools could in any way facilitate their working process. Four major areas of concern have been identified and a design concept that addresses these issues will be presented. The results indicate that digital tools could lead to more time and resources being put on housing cooperatives that have high potential to make energy savings and help to create longer relationships and offer the right kind of support at the right time. / Att leva i den moderna världen är en energiintensiv aktivitet. Vårt boende står för nära en fjärdedel av Sveriges totala energiförbrukning och många byggnader i Sverige är inte så energieffektiva som dom skulle kunna vara. Beräkningar visar att hela bostadssektorns energiförbrukning skulle kunna halveras om effektiviseringar i form av förbättrat klimatskal och uppdaterade värmesystem genomfördes. Värme och varmvatten står för runt 65% av den totala energiförbrukningen i flerbostadshus. Det gör det svårt att påverka på individnivå eftersom man behöver se på byggnaden som helhet. I Bostadsrättsföreningar går en sådan process långsamt och oftast saknas relevant kompetens för att genomföra de nödvändiga förändringarna. I Sveriges alla kommuner erbjuds kostnadsfri och objektiv klimat- och energirådgivning till både privatpersoner och företag. Denna uppsats undersöker, med hjälp av intervjuer och en fältstudie, hur dessa klimatrådgivare jobbar gentemot bostadsrättsföreningar samt om digitala verktyg på något sätt skulle kunna effektivisera processen. Fyra större övergripande problemområden identifieras och ett designkoncept som angriper dessa problem presenteras. Resultaten indikerar att digitala verktyg skulle leda till att mer tid och resurser läggs på bostadsrättsföreningar som verkligen har potential att göra energibesparingar samt hjälpa till att skapa längre relationer och erbjuda rätt typ av stöd vid rätt tidpunkt.