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Requejo Castro, David (Date of defense: 2021-07-13)
We live in a complexand interconnected world which permeates ditterent scales. sectors or decision problems. This fact is acknowledged by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which underscores current ...
Casquero Modrego, Núria (Date of defense: 2016-07-12)
Buildings are considered to be one of the primary contributors to the socioeconomic development of a country. However, they use a large portion of energy and available natural resources. With the industrialization leading ...
Sau Bassols, Joan (Date of defense: 2019-06-28)
Meshed High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) grids are seen as solution to transmit and exchange high amounts of power across long distances or using submarine cables with high levels of flexibility and redundancy. Also, they ...
Gómez Acero, Daniel Hernando (Date of defense: 2022-12-01)
(English) High voltage direct current (HVDC) technologies have been used for bulk power transmission over long distances since the 1950s. These technologies have proven to be the most cost-efficient compared to the high ...
Bryk, Uriel David (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
This investigation is based on a study of the recently emerging problems in certain Mediterranean cities due to the widening gap between their physical and historical context and their natural boundaries. The first approach ...
Fernández Morales, Angélica (Date of defense: 2014-06-16)
Swiss architecture is known for its high level of quality and for being an international leader in innovation and experimentation. This is due, in part, to its close relationship with art. The thesis thematizes this fact ...
Pons Poblet, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2014-09-16)
The present project is aimed to analyze the steel structure from an evolutionary point of view. The study¿s context has been the 20th century on the Catalan capital city in order to see how the historical, normative and ...
Urrea Uyabán, Tatiana (Date of defense: 2014-12-17)
Torres del Parque Residential Complex was designed and created by Colombian architect, Rogelio Salmona, of french descent. The complex was built in the 1960s in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Here and then, the influence ...
Salvatori, Elena (Date of defense: 2006-04-05)
La presente tesis investiga la evolución de la enseñanza de Arquitectura en Brasil y la constitución del campo profesional local y su relación con el contexto socio-económico. Para ello se indaga el por qué de reproducirse ...
Rico Painceiras, Ángel (Date of defense: 2014-06-27)
Our approach in this thesis has considered that, in the contemporary society, there are several ongoing technology related phenomena which are transforming their relation with architecture and, consequently, the modes of ...
De Balanzó, Rafael (Date of defense: 2017-06-29)
Con el objetivo de identificar factores y características que faciliten y promuevan la resiliencia social-ecológica en las ciudades, esta tesis doctoral sitúa, analiza, estructura, e interpreta las prácticas urbanísticas ...
Bruscato Portella, Underlea (Date of defense: 2006-07-17)
La arquitectura digital es un fenómeno reciente, que ha sido poco tratado en relación con las implicaciones de su representación gráfica. Para poder formular una reflexión sobre la incidencia diversa de lo digital en ...
Castaldo Suau, Blanca (Date of defense: 2013-06-06)
Observar el diseño desde la perspectiva de la ciencia podría dar un giro asombroso a la moderna teoría del arte y diseño. Establecer un paralelismo entre el concepto moderno de diseño u obra de arte y el concepto de sistema ...
Arjones Rodríguez, Roberto (Date of defense: 2016-02-08)
Business models can be considered as the 'logic of the firm' on how the firm creates and captures value for its stakeholders. It can be seen as a "reflection" of the strategy carried out. Thus, the present and future ...
Shojaee Far, Mohsen (Date of defense: 2019-10-01)
This study set out initially to compare characteristics and possible regeneration approach between typical brownfield sites and semi-like brownfield sites in geopolitical conflict zones to identify similarities and ...
Sánchez Merina, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2002-07-17)
La historia de la arquitectura ha sido siempre manipulada para justificar teorías proyectuales. Por ello, al presentar las distintas corrientes contemporáneas sus teorías de historia, surge una recurrente incertidumbre ...
Medina Iglesias, Vicente (Date of defense: 2011-01-24)
The main target of this research is to develop a numerical model for debris flow simulations. As it is known, in general, this kind of flows occur in steeped mountain slopes. When dealing with the complete 3D physic system ...
Vásquez Quintero, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2009-12-04)
Distributed generation of electric energy has become part of the current electric power system. In this context a new scenario is arising in which small energy sources make up a new supply system: The microgrid.<br/><br/>The ...
Ezbakhe, Fatine (Date of defense: 2019-10-31)
Policy-making for sustainable development becomes more efficient when it is reliably backed by evidence-based decision analysis. Concretely, this is crucial in the planning of public services delivery. By translating "raw" ...
Somoza Tornos, Ana (Date of defense: 2020-03-26)
Economic growth at any expense is no longer an option. Awareness of the growing human footprint is crucial to face the problems that the impoverishment of ecosystems is causing and will cause in the future. One of the key ...