The purpose of this creative project is an inquiry into the design of environmentally responsive and human sensitive surface parking environments for dry temperate climate and results of the inquiry are applied to an existing parking lot for the 8th Street Market Place, Boise, Idaho. Major issues explored are the physical design and the relationship between surface parking lots as a place for both vehicles and pedestrians. The main focus is the provision of an appropriate number of parking stalls, incorporation of plants and harvest of stormwater. A key premise of the inquiry is that adequate parking is more than supplying all of the spaces physically possible, but examining different components of site use to better estimate the demand for parking. Incorporating plants, especially shade trees, can significantly modify the microclimate of a parking lot for the comfort of people within the space. Having trees fulfill their role in the landscape is largely dependent on providing sufficient below ground space. The majority of trees and other plants used in Boise originate from climates that receive more rain, which results in the need for supplemental irrigation to compensate their hydraulic requirements. Rather than viewing stormwater as a waste by product, stormwater can be used as a resource to irrigate these plants. Runoff can be used directly to irrigate plants, and/or be stored for later use. While this creative project examined a particular site, many of the concepts and techniques can be extended to other sites. / Department of Landscape Architecture

Urban areas are known to have different climatic conditions than their rural counterparts including higher temperatures, greater wind speeds, and increased precipitation otherwise known as urban heat islands, urban wind, and urban precipitation. These phenomena are all caused by the design and form of the city. Large amounts of impervious surface area, obtrusive buildings, and a lack of vegetation in the urban landscape all contribute to these problems. Landscape architects have the potential to mitigate urban heat islands, urban wind, and urban precipitation by understanding what causes these phenomena and knowing a few key principles by which to mitigate them. Parking lots can cover up to half of the land area in cities and offer a great opportunity to correct urban climate problems. This thesis looks at current United States parking lot ordinances to determine if and how well principles of designing with climate have been incorporated. Guidelines are then given to help in the construction of a parking lot ordinance that aims to ameliorate the city's mesoclimate. A design is then created that shows how these parking lot guidelines could be incorporated into a functional, aesthetically pleasing parking lot. / Master of Landscape Architecture

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Denna studie genomfördes i syfte att kartlägga och analysera mönster mellan olyckor sominvolverar svenska lotsbåtar. Studien utfördes som en kvantitativ litteraturstudie medkompletterande textanalys. Samtliga rapporter från lotsbåtsolyckor från de senaste 14 årenbegärdes ut från Transportstyrelsen. Dessa kategoriserades efter de vanligaste olyckstypernaoch analyserades därefter. Resultatet visade att flest olyckor sker i samband med transportenfrån kaj till fartyget som ska lotsas och vice versa, medan haverier och grundstötning är devanligaste incidenterna. Personskador sker näst intill uteslutande vid bordningsmomentet menär förhållandevis få. Det kunde fastslås att ”Human Error” är den vanligaste angivna orsaken iolycksrapporterna till att olyckor sker. Ett förslag till ökad säkerhet är fortsatt utbildning av”Maritime Resource Management” för en större medvetenhet om risken för olyckor,framförallt i samband med dåligt väder. Vidare finns tekniska problem med sprucknabränsleledningar och heta avgasrör, vilket möjligtvis kan lösas med dubbelmantladebränsleledningar. / This study was conducted in order to identify and analyze patterns between accidents involvingSwedish pilot boats. The study was conducted as a quantitative literature review withadditional textual analysis. All reports regarding pilot boat accidents from the last 14 yearswere requested from the Swedish Transport Agency. These were categorized by the mostcommon types of accident and subsequently analyzed. The results showed that most accidentsoccur during transportation from quay to the ship requesting pilotage and vice versa, whilebreak downs and groundings are the most common incidents. Personal injuries occur almostexclusively during boarding but are relatively few in number. It was concluded that "HumanError" is the most common reason given in the accident reports. A proposal for increasedsafety is continued training of "Maritime Resource Management" for a greater awareness ofthe risk of accidents, especially during bad weather. Furthermore, there are technical problemswith cracked fuel lines and hot exhaust pipes, which can possibly be solved with double-walledfuel lines.

Denna uppsats handlar om eskortbogsering och hur lotsars inställning är till att använda sig av detta. Den metod som använts är kvalitativ och ansatsen hypotetiskt deduktiv. Utifrån intervjuerna med lotsar som genomfördes i Göteborgs hamn märktes generellt att lotsarna är positivt inställda till att använda sig av eskortbogsering även om deras åsikter i vissa fall går isär om vilka fartyg som reglerna skall omfatta. I uppsatsen görs även jämförelser med en tidigare amerikansk studie gjord på området Puget Sound, som sedan används som underlag för Göteborgs hamn och Västkusten.  Slutsatsen är att lotsarnas inställning till användning av eskortbogseringen kommer säkert att vara densamma med tanke på att sjöfarten som bransch växer och transporterna världen över ökar. Det kan antas att kraven på säkerhet kommer att höjas. I detta fall kan det betyda att fler hamnar kan komma att ta efter Göteborg när det gäller krav och regler angående eskortbogsering. / This paper deals with escort towing and the pilots’ attitudes towards the usage of this. The method used is qualitative and the approach is hypothetico-deductive.  Results from the interviews conducted with pilots in Gothenburg harbor gave an impression that, in general, the pilots favored the use of escort towing although their opinions sometimes differed on what type of ships should be included and excluded by escort regulations. To further the study, a comparison has been made to an earlier American report on the Puget Sound area by using it as a basis for the Port of Gothenburg and the West Coast. The conclusion is that the pilots' attitudes towards escort towing will surely be the same given that the shipping industry is growing as well as transportation worldwide is increasing. With this in mind, it can be assumed that the requirements of safety will increase. In this case, it is believed that more ports may take after Gothenburg in terms of requirements and rules regarding escort towing.

Thesis (M.S.)--Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. / Dobbins, Michael, Committee Member ; Dagenhart, Richard, Committee Chair ; Hsu, Frances, Committee Member. Includes bibliographical references.

Abstrakt   När ett fartyg ska anlöpa eller avgå en hamn måste det vanligtvis anlita en lots som kommer ombord för att vägleda fartyget. I Sverige genomförs ungefär 33 000 lotsningar varje år och vid majoriteten av dessa har lotsen kommit ombord fartyget genom att klättra på en lotslejdare som riggas utmed fartygssidan. Studien genomfördes i syfte att undersöka de riskfaktorer som påverkar säkerheten för lotsar och båtmän under bordningsmomentet. Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ ansats i form av halvstrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet visar att svenska lotsar och båtmän upplever bordningsmomentet som riskfyllt, framförallt vid sämre väderförhållanden. Lotsarna och båtmännen upplever att det är mer riskabelt för lotsen att debarkera än att embarkera eftersom lotsen har svårare att hålla koll på sin omgivning vid detta moment. Resultatet visar också att fler fartyg behöver bli bättre på att följa de riktlinjer som finns gällande bordningsarrangemang för att bordningsmomentet ska upplevas säkert bland lotsar och båtmän. / Abstract   When a vessel is to enter or leave a port, it usually needs to hire a pilot to guide the vessel. In Sweden approximately 33,000 pilotages are carried out every year, in the majority of these the pilots have boarded the ship by climbing on a pilot-ladder which have been rigged alongside the vessel's side. The study was conducted to investigate the risk factors that affect the safety of pilots and boatmen during the pilot transfer. The study was conducted with a qualitative approach in interview format. Interviews were conducted using an interview template based from previous literature in the subject. The study has been limited to Swedish pilots and boatmen. In the study, ten pilots and four boatmen participated in three Swedish pilot stations, which mainly handle different ship types and vessel sizes. In the study, the result shows that Swedish pilots and boatmen experience the pilot transfer operation as risky, especially in poorer weather conditions. The pilots and boatmen find it more risky for the pilot to disembark than to embark a vessel, as the pilots have more difficulty keeping track of their surroundings during this moment. The study shows that more vessels need to establish the international guidelines concerning pilot transfers and boarding arrangements, to ensure safe pilot transfers.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

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Arbetet har utförts i syfte att belysa möjligheten för Sjöfartsverket att använda helikopter istället för att allokera lotsar med lotsbåttransport till fartyg. Detta har gjorts i ett ekonomiskt perspektiv genom att använda Payback-metoden. Metoden har använts explorativt där det ekonomiska underlaget från nuvarande verksamhet vid allokering med lotsbåt jämförts med de beräknade kostnaderna för Sjöfartsverkets SAR-helikoptrar om de utför samma transporter. Ingen vikt har lagts vid vilka eventuella processförbättringar detta skulle kunna leda till, utan enbart vad kostnaderna för samma transporter skulle bli med det nya transportsättet. Resultatet har tagits fram utifrån tre aspekter: Hur det ses från lotsningens sida, hur det ses från helikopterfunktionens sida och slutligen vad det kommer att innebära för Sjöfartsverket som helhet. De slutsatser som framkommit är att lotsningsfunktionen får högre kostnader för sina transporter, helikopterverksamheten får mindre möjlighet till övning med samma ekonomiska ramar men att Sjöfartsverket totalt kan spara 17 miljoner SEK per år genom att skära ned i lotsbåtsverksamheten. / This work has been carried out to investigate the potential of the Swedish Maritime Administration to use helicopters instead of pilot launches (boats) to assign pilots to ships. The aim has been to estimate this process from an economic perspective with use of the Payback method. The method has been utilized in an exploratory way. Financial data was requested from current operations in allocating the pilot to vessels and these were compared with the estimated costs of the Maritime Administration SAR helicopters operating over the same transport. No attention has been paid to the possible process improvements that this could lead to, simply what the cost of the same transport would be with the new mode of transport (helicopter). The result is illuminated from three horizons. How it is seen from the piloting side, how it is seen from the helicopter function's side and ultimately what it will mean for the Swedish Maritime Administration as a whole. The conclusion reached is that the piloting function will have higher costs for transport, helicopter operations may be less able to exercise within the same economic framework and that the Swedish Maritime Administration could potentially save 17 million SEK per annum by cutting back on pilot launch costs.