Essays about: "Southern Urbanism"

Found 4 essays containing the words Southern Urbanism.

  1. 1. City of the Dead - “We are neither living nor dying, we are something in between”

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Mahmoud Abdelaal; [2023]
    Keywords : Southern Urbanism; Cairo; bottom-up approach; deathscapes; urban development; informal settlements;

    Abstract : “We are neither living nor dying, we are something in between” Since the beginning of history, the living and the dead have been separated. This has made it almost im- possible to co-live together under one roof. We, ‘the living’, have even created “deathscapes” which have set a clear boundary between us and them, ‘the dead’. READ MORE

  3. 2. From Smart to Shrewd: Provincializing “Smart” Urbanism through the Heterogenous Infrastructure of Waste Work in Kibera and Mathare, Nairobi

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sonto Amy Mkize; [2022]
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    Abstract : Urban global waste generation has been growing at alarming rates and innovative sustainable solid waste management is considered vital to addressing the waste crisis. The vision to achieve this globally has mostly been taken its inspiration from cities in the Global North. READ MORE

  4. 3. Investigative Urbanism: Sofielundvägen : How the development process influences the final quality of a street

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Stapor Stapor; Arnar Geir Gústafsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Urban utveckling; Stadsutveckling; planprocessen; urbanism; Sofielundsvägen;

    Abstract : Eftersom utövandet av stadsplanering och design försöker förbättra modernismens arv, erbjuderstäder till synes oändliga möjligheter att säkerställa en hög kvalité på både byggnader och dessomgivna rum. Vår studie är inriktad på Sofielundsvägen, en misslyckad potentiell "huvudgata" i södraStockholmsförorten, Sverige. READ MORE

  5. 4. Central Peripheries: speculation and strategy for a land less mentioned

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Henrik Olsson; [2012]
    Keywords : landscape; landscape architecture; network; peri-urban; terrain vague; process oriented design; creative mapping; gamification;

    Abstract : As the contemporary discourse surrounding urbanism is almost exclusively focusing on aspects of density and traditional urban qualities, it entrenches notions of what constitutes a proper city and countryside. But beyond this urban-rural dichotomy is another highly contemporary landscape. READ MORE