Essays about: "urban amenities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words urban amenities.

  1. 1. Mamlets - A Sustainable Parklet Network in Malmö, Sweden

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

    Author : Javier Ignacio Navarro Puig; [2023]
    Keywords : Urban Recovery; Urban Transformation; Urban Mobility; Urban Sustainability; Social Sustainability; Democratic Design; Material Upcycling; Circular Economy; Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Today cities are the result of centuries of history and human development, accelerated during the past 100 years. Post-industrialization, modernism’s top-down city planning approach, and the prioritisation of motor vehicle design over humans resulted in more people moving to cities, more space needed to allocate new vehicles, expansion over rural areas, and exponential pollution growth. READ MORE

  3. 2. Transport infrastructure accessibility and productivity: Evidence from Sсania region, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Illia Tsarenko; [2023]
    Keywords : productivity; wages; agglomeration economies; bus transport infrastructure; road transport infrastructure; accessibility;

    Abstract : Several huge transport infrastructure projects have been implemented in the Scania region, Sweden, during the last two decades and more are on the way. The reasoning for constructions such projects usually include direct benefits on commuting cost savings and indirect impacts on agglomeration economies and, therefore, productivity in the region. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gentrifying Practices Affecting Youths’ Habitats

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Hugo Koetsier; [2022]
    Keywords : Gentrification; Lived Experience; Critical Phenomenology; Renoviction; Housing Justice; Habitat; Youths; Järva; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : While Sweden falls short in integrating youths growing up in segregated areas, these disadvantaged neighborhoods are more frequently imposed to profit-driven strategies that result in gentrification. This thesis aims to uncover how gentrification affects the lived experience that youths from disadvantaged areas have of their habitat. READ MORE

  5. 4. From global to local - Planetary Urbanisation at Kivik Art Center

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

    Author : Varvara Maria Politi; [2022]
    Keywords : Planetary Urbanisation Urban Design Architecture; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The Thesis project is taking place at Kivik Art Center, Sweden and it explores the concept of planetary urbanisation. The concept of Planetary Urbanisation has become vividly discussed and it is a topic that expands globally, therefore Kivik Art Center is the key place that offers global connection since it has developed a vibrant identity of art, with artists around the world exhibit their work there. READ MORE

  6. 5. Kom närmre! : tillägg i landskapet för att locka ut fler besökare till naturområden, med ett förslag på utvecklingsplan för en del av Orlångens naturreservat i Huddinge

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

    Author : Ellen Bergenfeldt; [2022]
    Keywords : landskapstillägg; naturkontakt; välmående; naturvistelse; naturmiljö; rekreation; friluftsliv; upplevelsestig; naturstig;

    Abstract : Det finns mängder av olika typer av studier som visar på de positiva effekterna som vistelsen i naturen har på vårt välmående. Det hjälper oss både psykiskt och fysiskt genom att till exempel ge oss återhämtning, en minskad känsla av stress och miljöer för fysisk aktivitet. READ MORE