Essays about: "car-free"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the word car-free.

1. 1. Understanding the Success Factors of Car Free Development: A Case Study of Stakeholder Interrelations and Management in Car Free Development

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Luisa Rensing; Andrea Wessels; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sustainability; Sustainable Urban Mobility; Car Free Development; Stakeholder Management; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The social, environmental, and economic impact of cars in urban areas are a rising concern of the public and policy makers since motorized vehicles have several negative impacts on individual health and climate change. Car free developments have induced positive changes in all three dimensions of sustainability. READ MORE

3. 2. Freight Transport in the Car-Free City : Towards a more sustainable urban freight sector

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Melisa Marta; [2023]
   Keywords : Car-free city; sustainable urban freight transport; urban consolidation center; cargo bicycles;

   Abstract : Freight transport of goods is an indispensable part of everyday life. Without it there would be no delivery of products such as food, water, construction material, technology, furniture, clothes and society, as we know it today, would collapse.  However, there are more and less sustainable ways of transporting goods. READ MORE

4. 3. Defossilise Väster – Testing a fossil free urbanity for the debate

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

   Author : August Grundtman; [2023]
   Keywords : urban design; public space; climate change; transport; walkability; neighbourhood; fossil free; proximity; car free; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Humanity is facing one of the greatest challenges ever. Climate change and global warming is a great risk and our consumption and dependency of fossil fuel are important causes of this accelerating issue. My thesis aims to design an entry for the professional debate about what urban areas in a fossil free future might be like. READ MORE

5. 4. How Motivating Factors and Political Vision affect Car-free Initiatives : A study of Stockholm and Oslo

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Sebastian Arora-Jonsson; Leo Björkman; [2022]
   Keywords : car-free; car free; car-lite; car-light; car-free city; pedestrian street; multi-level perspective; MLP; transition; Bilfritt Byliv; the Car-free Livability Programme; Living Stockholm; bilfri; bilfria städer; sommargågator; MLP; multi-level perspective; Levande Stockholm; Bilfritt Byliv;

   Abstract : This thesis studies why car-initiatives are implemented and how political visions is intertwined in this process. These topics are further explored by looking at how certain critical groups are impacted by car-free initiatives and how they can affect polarization. READ MORE

6. 5. Childifying : a child-centered socio-spatial integration approach

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

   Author : Eyrún Pétursdóttir; [2021]
   Keywords : Childifying; socio-spatial fragmentation; child-centered spatial approach; partisipation; urban open space transformation; community; traveling transect; mobility; connection;

   Abstract : In the last decades, socio-spatial fragmentation has become a growing problem in the urban environment. This thesis aims to offer knowledge on how a child-centered spatial approach, termed Childifying, can help overcome socio-spatial fragmentation. READ MORE