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  1. 1. Grönska i stadens små rum : omgestaltning av en lastgata till gröna vistelseytor på Norrmalm, Stockholm

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elsa Drettner; [2023]
    Keywords : fickparker; förtätning; urban grönska; sociala mötesplatser; stockholms arkitekturpolicy;

    Abstract : Sverige är ett av Europas mest glesbefolkade länder. Samtidigt står delar av Stockholm för de absolut mest tätbefolkade områdena i Europa. Stockholms innerstad har en genomsnittlig befolkningstäthet på över 9000 invånare per kvadratkilometer, och en del av Södermalm utgör den sjätte mest tätbefolkade kvadratkilometern i hela Europa. READ MORE

  3. 2. Second Home, New Home

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Minghui Li; [2023]
    Keywords : urban village; urban regeneration; informal employment migrants; public space;

    Abstract : As a unique form of rural-urban transition settlement in China’s rapid urbanization process, the “urban village” plays a very distinctive part in promoting urbanization, being a transit point for many rural people entering urban areas. The term “informal employment migrants” usually refers to those people, who have no formal employment status and work in informal, low-skilled, low-paying jobs in the city. READ MORE

  4. 3. Questioning public green space & affordable housing in times of densifying cities : a case study of the districts Eriksberg & Norby in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Johanna Frennesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Green space; sustainability; affordable housing; gentrification; social segregation; renoviction; space;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the perceived relationship between public green space inequality in districts and how that is perceived to affect housing prices as greeneries value in cities has increased. The purpose is to investigate these perceived values and provoke questions in the thesis on how planning is experienced by active planners in the profession and how green spaces are viewed by residents. READ MORE

  5. 4. Migration into Urban Areas: a Sociological and Micro Perspective : A thematic analysis of how migration is used as a tool to gain personal development in Zambia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Juliette Iturralde Ulfsax; [2022]
    Keywords : Push and pull factor; symbolic capital; gender display; doing gender; urbanisation; migration;

    Abstract : The pace of urbanisation in less developed regions creates consequenceswhich cause problems such as housing, overcrowding and lack of livingstandards in the urban areas. A problem connected more to developingcountries than developed countries that earlier went through the same process. READ MORE

  6. 5. Evaluation of pollutant removal performance of stormwater biofilters in a Swedish climate : Comparison of three different filter media designs

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Anna Träff; [2022]
    Keywords : Stormwater biofilter; stormwater treatment; cold climate; filter media design; low impact development;

    Abstract : In the recent century, a process of urbanization has increased globally. Previously rural or natural land have been converted into impervious surfaces to make way for housing, industries, and roads. This anthropogenic process has resulted in an increased amount of surface runoff from precipitation, so-called stormwater. READ MORE