Essays about: "Bottom-up planning"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 64 essays containing the words Bottom-up planning.

  1. 31. Planning for sustainability in Swedish municipalities: a strategic approach

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Zsuzsanna Viszlay; Jannika Mumme; Hanne Hagedorn; [2017]
    Keywords : sustainable development; strategic planning; municipalities; Översiktsplan; FSSD; enabler and barriers;

    Abstract : Municipalities play an important role in society’s transition towards sustainability. However, as they are subject to forces from both top-down (legislation etc.) and bottom-up (stakeholders’ needs and interests etc.), as well as internal dynamics within the municipal organisation, their planning approaches are usually not strategic. READ MORE

  3. 32. Right to the countryside in the city – bottom-up initiatives for green areas in Warsaw

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Joanna Sanecka-Wojda; [2017]
    Keywords : cities; civic ecology; community gardens; social-ecological memory; social-ecological systems; stewardship;

    Abstract : The engagement of local stewards is critically important for sustaining ecosystems services in cities. But what makes urban dwellers interested in stewardship of urban nature? This study conducted in Warsaw shows that activism is related to three intertwined areas of motivations: nature, place and community. READ MORE

  4. 33. Greening Potosí : making use of green infrastructure in a dense, informal settlement of Bogotá

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

    Author : Amanda Hultman; Johanna Svahn; [2016]
    Keywords : green infrastructure; informal settlement; Potosí; public green space;

    Abstract : Today more people are living in urban areas than in rural and the global trend of urbanization is rapidly increasing. In Colombia, around 76 per cent of the population is living in urban areas, most of them in the capital city Bogotá. READ MORE

  5. 34. Brunnshög - A case study in communicative urban planning and power relations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : David Foisack; [2016]
    Keywords : Brunnshög; Communicative planning; Power relations; Urban planning; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis is regarding communicative urban planning and power relations, applied at a case called Brunnshög. The Brunnshög projects consist of five developing areas located in the north-east of Lund. READ MORE

  6. 35. Walk the plan : an exploration of linear landscapes

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

    Author : David Bratthäll; [2016]
    Keywords : linear; itinerary; landscape architecture; urban trails; participation; landscape laboratory;

    Abstract : This master thesis is an investigation of linear landscapes through a case study of three projects, a design critique of Rosengårdsstråket, and a proposal for the architecture competition Imagine Open Skåne 2030. The critique is based on aspects found in the investigated cases and theory on on-site exploration and on-site information gathering. READ MORE