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Big cities â âquiet placesâ: tracing relationships between material and immaterial qualities of urban spaces
This paper investigates the theme particular places from the perspective of âquiet placesâ, by examining potential links between material and immaterial qualities of four distinct typologies of urban spaces in the landscape metropolis, and offering five thematic lenses to sharpen our view for the particular. While the relationship between green spaces and restorative qualities for humans has long been acknowledged, the present research investigates other types of urban spaces, not focusing on âgreenâ or dB ratio as such but instead on confluences of soundscape, cityscape, flowscape, and other âscapesâ i.e. âmaterial-immaterial landscapesâ in particular places in the two cities. This kind of particularity is an under-researched field also in methodological terms. We therefore set up a survey, in which we asked people about their appreciations of various material and immaterial qualities of the place; the conceptualisation of which derived partly from a pilot study and partly from a structured literature review. The responses revealed noticeable differences between the four typologies and less between similar types in the two cities. The results of the survey also showed a variety of expressions, deepening our understanding of the experienced qualities and simultaneously opening up for a new vocabulary addressing this interaction and its importance for âquiet placesâ, discussed in relation to methodological considerations.
 
Big cities â âquiet placesâ: tracing relationships between material and immaterial qualities of urban spaces
This paper investigates the theme particular places from the perspective of âquiet placesâ, by examining potential links between material and immaterial qualities of four distinct typologies of urban spaces in the landscape metropolis, and offering five thematic lenses to sharpen our view for the particular. While the relationship between green spaces and restorative qualities for humans has long been acknowledged, the present research investigates other types of urban spaces, not focusing on âgreenâ or dB ratio as such but instead on confluences of soundscape, cityscape, flowscape, and other âscapesâ i.e. âmaterial-immaterial landscapesâ in particular places in the two cities. This kind of particularity is an under-researched field also in methodological terms. We therefore set up a survey, in which we asked people about their appreciations of various material and immaterial qualities of the place; the conceptualisation of which derived partly from a pilot study and partly from a structured literature review. The responses revealed noticeable differences between the four typologies and less between similar types in the two cities. The results of the survey also showed a variety of expressions, deepening our understanding of the experienced qualities and simultaneously opening up for a new vocabulary addressing this interaction and its importance for âquiet placesâ, discussed in relation to methodological considerations.
Optimering af økologiske produkters kvalitet (Qaccp)
Forbrugerne efterspørger i stigende grad sundere og mere sikre fødevarer af høj kvalitet, og mange forbrugere har en forventning om, at økologiske fødevarer har højere kvalitet end ikke-økologiske. Det har man hidtil ikke kunnet bevise, bl.a. pga. manglen pü videnskabelige undersøgelser af økologiske produktionsmetoders indflydelse pü kvalitet og sundhedseffekt.
Formület med projektet var at optimere den økologiske produktion og forarbejdning med henblik pü at forbedre fødevarekvalitet og at øge sundhedsfremmende aspekter for økologiske produkter
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