challengelab
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ADARSH SRINIVASA RAO (2018) If transportation sector is to meet its Climate 2030 targets, the City traffic and emissions has to decline. Thus to drive the transformation, emergence of new mobility services are necessary. Currently combined mobility services are being investigated to understand it‟s feasibility in combination with public transport […]
GABRIELLA ERIKSSON & MARINA YARUTA (2018) The world is experiencing an ever-increasing exploitation of resources and the demand of goods is affecting the global trade routes causing increased pressure on an efficient and sustainable transportation system. This raises questions on how to provide and apply innovative solutions to organize a […]
LINNEA JOHANSSON & GEORGIA MESSARITOU (2018) To address the sustainability challenge outlined in the United Nations document Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development within the given time-frame is by many perceived as a difficult, yet urgent and necessary task. Such a task requires incremental change to be […]
Sara Vagiström & Alice Whetstone (2018) Due to ambitious targets for a fossil-free Västra Götaland by 2030, development of local production facilities for renewable alternatives is urgently needed. Despite a push on biogas production by the Swedish government in 2015, that same year only 14% of the national biogas capacity […]
PIA DAMSTEN & KRESHNIK RAMA (2018) Urban Agriculture (UA) has recently gained growing attention from the world’s leading global organizations, as it has been identified to play a major role in the world’s bid for achieving the sustainable development goals. Although the number of UA initiatives in Gothenburg has increased, […]
JOHANNA OLOVSSON & FABIAN HEIN (2018) The applications of plastics seem unlimited but the material has been overused and side effects have been neglected. In Gothenburg, plastic litter as well as the increase in plastic waste and in the consumption of plastics are contradictory to the city’s aim of a […]
VILLE KILPIÖ, NICKHIL SHARMA (2018) Gothenburg is increasing in density and population as well as expanding its residential and commercial spaces. Due to increasing needs of the city, the current transportation system is expected to face challenges and needs to grow into a more robust, dynamic and accessible system. The […]
LOUISE ELIASSON & MAGDALENA JOHNSON (2018) Material Flow Accounting (MFA) studies, providing analyses of the metabolism of a given system, are receiving increased attention due to their potential in supporting planning and policy making for efficient resource use. In this capacity, they are becoming increasingly relevant to apply for urban […]
Joel Torstensson, Patrik Andersson (2017) Mobility as a Service is a novel approach to mobility. There have been several eorts to incorporate the approach by trying to bring multiple mobility providers (MPs) together in one platform. In most of these eorts, one organization has acted as a broker for all […]
Amanda Arnö, Cedric Pellegrini (2017) With the current trend of densification of cities and the threats of pollution and increasing precipitation due to climate change, stormwater management is becoming increasingly important. Traditionally, this has been done through leading the stormwater in mixed sewage pipes to a wastewater treatment plant, or […]
Adnan Barkin Dalmaz, Johannes Benjamin Moshe Hilke (2017) As the world is experiencing a fast-paced urbanisation, the demand for urban mobility is increasing. This raises the question of how to organise a functioning transportation system. The elements of such a system include a combination of public transportation services, active mobility […]
Anton Andersson, Vasiliki Chatzouli (2017) This thesis has been conducted in an innovative educational setting, that of the Challenge Lab at Chalmers University of Technology where students are equipped with tools and methods in order to identify 21st century sustainability challenges (Part I) and try to tackle them (Part II). […]
Otto-Maximilian Jandl (2016) Urbanisation puts tremendous stress on road infrastructure. Consequently, innovative solutions to cater for the growing population and subsequent need for increased transport of goods and waste in urban areas need to be explored. A modal shift from road transportation to inland waterway transportation can be beneficial for […]
Lindsay Berg (2016) Organizations have the potential to increase their output by increasing the engagement of their employees. However, in order to do so there must be alignment between personal values, current organizational values and desired values for where the organization intends to go. Unfortunately, this lack of alignment is […]
Amanda Blomqvist, 2016 This thesis was conducted within the Challenge lab with the purpose of finding a mobility service that can function as an alternative to a private car in the developing area Frihamnen in Gothenburg city. The thesis describes a transport service package aimed to enable the new Frihamnen […]