Essays about: "Arvid Stiernström"

Found 1 essay containing the words Arvid Stiernström.

  1. 1. Villages in the urban landscape : reconfiguration of the local urban communities through community gardens and homestead associations in the heart of Stockholm

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

    Author : Arvid Stiernström; [2013]
    Keywords : Local community; meaning and practice; urban agriculture; belonging; social movements; Homestead association; Political action;

    Abstract : Across Sweden different initiatives are currently forming urban based local groups or networks, engage in local, sustainable development and transformation of their local community. Guerrilla and community gardening, culture and art projects, environmental transition initiatives and platforms for local democracy, are projects that all seem to indicate that a local community landscape is on the rise within the urban areas of Sweden. READ MORE