Essays about: "sustainable urbanism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words sustainable urbanism.

  1. 1. Urban Downpour : The Path Towards Sustainable Stormwater Management in four Swedish Municipalities

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Astrid Bergström Hurtig; [2024]
    Keywords : climate resilience; urban planning; blue-green infrastructure; water-sensitive urban design; ecological urbanism; institutional dynamics; adaptive policies;

    Abstract : Swedish municipalities increasingly prioritize blue-green infrastructure in response to the changing climate and precipitation. This study focuses on Norrköping, Huddinge, Nyköping, and Kalmar and how urban planning develops strategies for implementing blue-green infrastructure. READ MORE

  3. 2. Planning neighbourhoods for local living. New Urbanism ideas in practice

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Vejuna Zalalyte; [2023-11-20]
    Keywords : neighbourhood; urban planning; density; mixed-use; walkability; access to services; local living; travel behaviour; behaviourism; New Urbanism;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the effect of New Urbanist planning theory on facilitating sustainable local living behaviours in inner city neighbourhoods. Drawing on the empirical evidence of two New Urbanist neighbourhoods in Lithuania and Sweden, the residents’ everyday lived experiences of the key guiding New Urbanist principles of density, mixed land use and walkability are explored. READ MORE

  4. 3. Reconnecting Gävle’s Delta : a post-industrial urban transformation project for Sweden’s coastal landscape

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

    Author : Rachel Murray; [2023]
    Keywords : resilience; blue-green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; flooding; brownfield development; post-industrial urban development; landscape architecture; urban planning; climate adaptation; water-sensitive urban design; urban ecology;

    Abstract : This speculative design-led research project addresses the challenges of transforming dilapidated post-industrial brownfield sites into thriving, sustainable, resilient urban neighbourhoods. Tasked with allocating urban growth, municipality planning departments increasingly look towards underused but centrally located industrial sites for future development. READ MORE

  5. 4. The urban cure : design with local landscape dynamics

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

    Author : Lilja Will; [2023]
    Keywords : landscape architecture; landscape as a medium; landscape urbanism; process based design; eco-social services; shrinking city; post-industrial revitalisation; sustainable urban planning;

    Abstract : The worlds cities are currently facing challenges related to climate change, resource loss, poverty, social inequality, and technological disruptions. Sustainable urban planning is crucial, especially with the increasing global population and urbanization. Cities are the vital organs that determine the growth and further development of a region. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Känner man trygghet att man får vara på en plats, känner vi att den sociala hållbarheten ökar” : att planera för sociala interaktioner som landskapsarkitekt inom ramen för Slakthusområdets planprogram

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

    Author : Téa Capelle; [2023]
    Keywords : sociala interaktioner; social hållbarhet; Slakthusområdet; landskapsarkitektur; planering; segregation; urbanism; öppet system; stängt system; nödvändiga aktiviteter; frivilliga aktiviteter; sociala aktiviteter; öppen stad;

    Abstract : Sociala interaktioner anses vara en viktig del för att skapa en inkluderande och socialt hållbar stad. I Stockholm stad har segregationen ökat och möjligheterna till möten mellan olika grupper minskat. Men forskning visar att det finns möjlighet att planera för social interaktion mellan grupper i stadens offentliga rum. READ MORE