Essays about: "Car Free Development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words Car Free Development.

1. 1. Understanding the Success Factors of Car Free Development: A Case Study of Stakeholder Interrelations and Management in Car Free Development

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Luisa Rensing; Andrea Wessels; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sustainability; Sustainable Urban Mobility; Car Free Development; Stakeholder Management; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The social, environmental, and economic impact of cars in urban areas are a rising concern of the public and policy makers since motorized vehicles have several negative impacts on individual health and climate change. Car free developments have induced positive changes in all three dimensions of sustainability. READ MORE

3. 2. Freight Transport in the Car-Free City : Towards a more sustainable urban freight sector

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Melisa Marta; [2023]
   Keywords : Car-free city; sustainable urban freight transport; urban consolidation center; cargo bicycles;

   Abstract : Freight transport of goods is an indispensable part of everyday life. Without it there would be no delivery of products such as food, water, construction material, technology, furniture, clothes and society, as we know it today, would collapse.  However, there are more and less sustainable ways of transporting goods. READ MORE

4. 3. “We may want the transition, but we don’t actually want the transition” : a discourse analysis of Swedish policies to incentivise charging infrastructure development for electric vehicles

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

   Author : Solomiia Pereviznyk; [2022]
   Keywords : Policy analysis; discourse analysis; electric vehicles; charging infrastructure; fleet electrification; fossil free transport sector;

   Abstract : As Swedish government aims for the transition to a fossil fuel-free transport sector by 2030, it becomes clear that the electrification of the fleet is one of the biggest ambitions to achieve that goal. The process is hindered by various factors and one of them is the development of charging infrastructure which has been proven a bottleneck in the transition to a fossil free passenger car fleet. READ MORE

5. 4. Urban Ergonomics - A study towards a smarter use of resources and space in external shopping centers in Sweden.

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

   Author : Mutaz Al-abtah; [2022]
   Keywords : Shopping centers; Shopping; Circular economy; Urban transformation; Big-box retail stores; Urban ergonomics; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : As a result of 20th-century car-centric planning, many urban districts had emerged designed to serve only one function. Different residential suburbs and trade areas were dispersed scattered within and outside the cities. This has led to more dependence on private cars to meet people’s daily needs. READ MORE

6. 5. Pratar vi om samma sak när vi pratar om hållbar mobilitet? : en fallstudie om samverkan i Storstadspaketet

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

   Author : Therese Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : samverkan; aktörer; planering; förvaltnings- och sektorsövergripande; flernivåstyrning; hållbar mobilitet; Storstadspaketet;

   Abstract : Hur vårt transportsystem, som alltför länge varit bilcentrerat, planeras och utvecklas behöver förändras till en mer hållbar planering, utveckling och mobilitet. Utifrån detta har de flesta offentliga aktörer som planerar städer, infrastruktur och trafik formulerat mål för en ökad hållbar mobilitet – vilket ofta kretsar kring ökad andel resor som sker genom gång, cykel och kollektivtrafik. READ MORE