Essays about: "Urban and Regional Planning"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 121 essays containing the words Urban and Regional Planning.

1. 11. A landscape analysis : Investigating restorative features within urban greening

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Ellinor Arvidsson; [2022]
   Keywords : urban greening; green infrastructure; human restoration; landscape design; environmental psychology; landscape analysis;

   Abstract : Today people are described as an integral component of urban green infrastructure which advocates to study human engagement within the use of nature to develop goals and landscape planning in the purpose of achieving better life conditions for city inhabitants. The connectedness to nature has been described as decisive when exploring possible human psychological restoration derived from nature. READ MORE

3. 12. A house for a person is not at home - A critical analysis and design proposal for Hökarängen and Gubbängen

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Mikael Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : Urban Architecture; Public Buildings; Brick; Culture;

   Abstract : Since most of the inner city of Stockholm and its nearest surroundings is built, the city is now aiming its strategy of development towards the suburbs of the outer city. Two of these are Hökarängen and Gubbängen of which both have seen several housing densification projects lately. READ MORE

4. 13. The Shokuiku Act and its implementation in Kyoto : A study of the Shokuiku promotion plans on national, prefectural and municipal leve

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

   Author : Jenny Nordlund; [2022]
   Keywords : food education; urban farming; policy making; sustainability;

   Abstract : More and more cities are facing depopulation, and Japan’s answer to that is the Shokuiku Act to educate the citizens on food and nutrition. However, the law faced criticism for being too controlling. READ MORE

5. 14. Interdisciplinary and interspatial discrepancies in urban planning : a multi-actor-multi-criteria analysis of the effects of densification on accessibility and sustainability

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Jelmer van der Ham; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Urban Planning; Densification; Accessibility; Multi-Actor-Multi-Criteria Analysis; Interdisciplinarity;

   Abstract : Density has increasingly been used as a strategy by urban planners to increase accessibility and urban sustainability. Particularly, it has been opted as a tool to achieve sustainable development goal 11 ‘inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and human settlements’. READ MORE

6. 15. Possibilities and challenges when planning in peripheral Sweden : How does othering and peripheralisation discursively impact strategic planning in Jämtland?

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Maria Stafverfeldt; [2022]
   Keywords : Jämtland; othering; peripheralisation; rural planning; strategic planning; urban norm;

   Abstract : Disparities between regions in Sweden and the EU have been discussed in different fields throughout the years. Norrland, which is the northernmost region of Sweden, has long been recognised as being disadvantaged in comparison to the rest of the country and could be argued to have been peripheralised for centuries. READ MORE