Essays about: "Urban Commodification"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Urban Commodification.

1. 1. Privatization of Public Space: Tracing Spatial Epistemologies of Publicness in Sweden : Planning for all in a neoliberal economy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Carlén; [2023]
   Keywords : Privatization; publicness; commodification; public space; accessibility;

   Abstract : Public spaces play an important role in urban planning for the creation of a vibrant and attractive city. When reaching for the aims of becoming a vibrant city with attractive urban realms, while boosting profit making under a proliferation of neoliberal capitalism, the question of publicness has arguably fallen behind. READ MORE

3. 2. Early German Romantic and Marxian Theories of Alienation in Frankenstein: Atomizing Effects of Commodification of Nature and Transgressive Science : An Eco-Marxist perspective

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jakub Kirejczyk; [2022]
   Keywords : Alienation; Counter-Enlightenment; Ecocriticism; Enlightenment; early German Romanticism; Marxism;

   Abstract : This essay explores the topic of appropriation of nature and the resulting social alienation it imparts on several of the novel’s characters: Frankenstein, Walton, and the Creature. The Creature serves as a personification of both industrialism and urban atomization. READ MORE

4. 3. New Ground* - *Enabling Adaptive and Affordable Housing Production on Pitched Roofs in Berlin through Computational Design & Fabrication

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

   Author : Pascal Gregor Reinhardt; [2022]
   Keywords : Berlin; Computational Design; Robotic Fabrication; Densification; Affordable Housing; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : In times of limited resources, growing cities, and a changing world, weeding out outdated answers to new questions is a cardinal task of architecture. Especially in cities, the space is limited, and space does not equal space. READ MORE

5. 4. ‘Ghetto’ Ecologies in the Neoliberal City: From Citizen Power to Ritualised Resistance in Danish Non-Profit Housing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Johanne Bagger Kaufmanas; [2021]
   Keywords : Urban Political Ecology; urban governance; housing; Danish non-profit housing; Denmark; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis demonstrates how neoliberal urbanism has unrolled in the context of the Danish non-profit housing sector, using the case of Copenhagen neighbourhood Tingbjerg as a case study. Arguing that this process has significantly altered the relations of power within the neighbourhood, it further investigates the mode of resistance emerging locally as a response. READ MORE

6. 5. Critical analysis of smart city from an NGO’s perspective towards sustainable urban development : a case study of Indonesia’s new capital city

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Via Apriyani; [2020]
   Keywords : Smart city; sustainable urban development; activists; urban political ecology; right to the city; sustainability science; new city establishment; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Urban establishment from scratch based on a smart city vision has been mainstreamed as a strategy to achieve urban sustainability goals. However, the smart city model itself has been criticized because of how the techno-centric solutions it uses could potentially lead to economic and social inequality. READ MORE