Essays about: "spatial appropriation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words spatial appropriation.

  1. 6. Rågsved Centre: Resilient Revitalisation in a Multi-Ethnic Environment

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

    Author : Nadja Jeppsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Resilience; Revitalisation; TBL; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current spatial, environmental and financial resilience of Rågsved Centre in Stockholm. Furthermore, local future risks on resilience are also discussed and the total analysis is synthesised in a new resilient spatial interpretation of the centre. READ MORE

  3. 7. Looking across the street : Understanding segregation and marginalization in a district of Lima through the use and treatment of public space

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : David Ricardo de la Cruz Vega; [2018]
    Keywords : public space; segregation; marginalization; Barranco; gentrification; spatial justice; inequality;

    Abstract : The district of Barranco is the smallest in the city of Lima, Peru, and is marked by the inequality in the socio-economic level of its inhabitants and a differentiated capacity in their access to public spaces. The present study seeks to explore, through an analysis of the public space and its characteristics, the causes, conditions and structural dynamics of inequality that produce and reproduce segregation and marginalization in the district of Barranco. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Social Constructs of Natural World Heritage: An Ethnographic Investigation into the Conflicts of a Danish UNESCO Destination

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alicia Schneider; Signe Baeksted Jörgensen; [2017]
    Keywords : appropriation; spatial consumption; commodification; politics of representation; power; spatial conflicts; destination development; Stevns Klint; UNESCO; Nature World Heritage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper will investigate the conflicts that can arise during destination development following a World Heritage inscription. Previous literature mentions that conflicts arise, but focuses on a more managerial perspective, and fails to account for the characteristics of those conflicts. READ MORE

  5. 9. Restructuring Suburbia : Introducing Social Space in a Spatially Disperse Neighbourhood

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Love Brostedt; [2017]
    Keywords : Architecture; urban morphology; density; densification; accessibility; legibility; spatial configuration; territorial boundaries; public-private interface; sprawl; suburbia; suburban housing estate; Miljonprogrammet; space for activities; spatial appropriation; social sustainability;

    Abstract : Density is more about an experienced nearness to functions and activities than buildingsbeing physically close to each other. Density is interaction, and the intensity of itdepends on accessibility to the functions and activities of the built environment. READ MORE

  6. 10. Från ickeplats till plats : en diskussion kring gestaltning av Burgårdsplatsen i Göteborg

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

    Author : Fanny Davidsson; [2013]
    Keywords : platsbegrepp; ickeplats; mötesplats; stadsrumsgestaltning; tillfälliga platser; ungdomars platser; appropriation; Burgårdsplatsen;

    Abstract : Examensarbetet består av dels en litteraturstudie och dels av två gestaltningsförslag för Burgårdsplatsen i Göteborg, en liten, centralt belägen plats som jag definierar som en ickeplats i staden. Arbetet syftar till att uppmärksamma stadens små glömda rum och reflektera kring hur man kan förhålla sig till dessa. READ MORE