Essays about: "Gated communities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Gated communities.

1. 1. Safety in Urban Spaces using Urban Planning: a Comparative Study in Bogotá, Colombia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Sara Sandefeldt; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban planning; Bogotá; Colombia; safety; urban design; urban spaces; women; gender; fear Stadsplanering; trygghet; publika rum; kvinnor; kön; rädsla; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Many cities around the world are facing the same challenges when it comes to the ability for women to move around and feel safe in public spaces. For women, using public spaces entails fear of sexual violence and of being attacked, which forces them to always be vigilant and reduces their quality of life. READ MORE

3. 2. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
   Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

   Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

4. 3. Building Community with Bamboo: ”Six volcanoes” multifunctional public space in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Jeff Ranara; [2021]
   Keywords : bamboo; public space; thatch roof; community; social cohesion; Tuntungin Putho; Los Baños; Laguna; Philippines;

   Abstract : Inspired by regional Austronesian vernacular architecture, volcanic forms in the northern island of Luzon in the Philippines, and the natural geometry of the Fibonacci spiral, “Six volcanoes” is a multifunctional public space in the municipality of Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, located a stone’s throw southeast of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños campus, in the peri-urban community of Barangay (village) Tuntungin Putho.   The 3500 sqm. READ MORE

5. 4. INCLUSIVENESS, From Gated to Connect Communities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Phon Buheng; [2019]
   Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

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6. 5. Open The Gates: New Cairo City, Egypt

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Asmaa Abdellahy; [2018]
   Keywords : Sustainable Urban Design; New Cairo City; Gated communities; Public spaces; Public areas; Mobility; Transition areas; Micro climate adaptation; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This thesis project explores the relationship between social and spatial factors on many different levels: relation between two kinds of people living standards; buildings and the land; indoors and outdoors spaces; public and private. So coexistence, communication, and interaction are my keywords to translate all my ideas in a project. READ MORE