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GIS-based Time model. Gothenburg, 1960-2015

Stavroulaki, Ioanna (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology); Marcus, Lars (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology); Berghauser Pont, Meta (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology); (3 more)
The GIS-based Time model of Gothenburg aims to map the process of urban development in Gothenburg since 1960 and in particular to document the changes in the spatial form of the city - streets, buildings and plots - through time. Major steps have in recent decades been taken when it comes to understanding how cities work. Essential is the change from understanding cities as...
Coordinate reference systemsBuildingsSpatial database (GIS)Transport networksSpatial AnalysisEnvironmental historyHistorical evolution (11 more)
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GIS-based Time model. Gothenburg, 1960-2016_2

Stavroulaki, Ioanna (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology); Marcus, Lars (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology); Berghauser Pont, Meta (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology); (3 more)
The GIS-based Time model of Gothenburg aims to map the process of urban development in Gothenburg since 1960 and in particular to document the changes in the spatial form of the city - streets, buildings and plots - through time. Major steps have in recent decades been taken when it comes to understanding how cities work. Essential is the change from understanding cities as...
Spatial data file (GIS)Land useUrban developmentSpatial mobilityCadastral parcelsSpatial distributionTransport networks (11 more)
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San José Urban Areas Survey by Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)

Piaggio, Matías (Central America, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Environment for Development (EfD))
The survey is part of a project on Ecosystem Services Accounting for Development (ESAfD) in six different countries: Beijing (China), San José (Costa Rica), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Cape Town (South Africa), and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). The surveys were jointly designed. However, local surveys are contingent to local realities. The ESAfD project is jointly...
Protected sitesUrban LandsUrban HealthUrban areasLand use
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Ecological interdependencies and resource competition: The role of information and communication in promoting effective collaboration in complex management situations.

Bodin, Örjan (Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University)
Communication between resource users has repeatedly been shown to be of significant importance in environmental management. The proposed causal mechanisms are numerous, ranging from the ability of users to share information to their ability to negotiate solutions to common problems and dilemmas. However, what is less known is under what conditions these potential causal...
Administrative units
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Climate history database for Sweden 1500-1870

Söderberg, Johan (Economic History Department, Stockholm university); Leijonhufvud, Lotta (Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg); Retsö, Dag ( Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University); (2 more)
Information about weather-related conditions in Sweden during the period 1500-1870 has been extracted from various historical documents. The information is presented as cited text, together with the date and geographical region for which the information is relevant. Since the database essentially consists of excerpts from different historical documentary sources of various...
Economic historySwedenPalaeoclimatologyAgricultural and aquaculture facilitiesGeographical namesWeatherLand use (2 more)
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