Essays about: "Climate urbanism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words Climate 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. 15-minuters staden : resilient stadsplanering eller utopisk vision

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

    Author : Lisa Toreld; [2023]
    Keywords : 15-minuters staden; stadsplanering; stadsutveckling; planeringsideal; socioekonomiska skillnader; hållbar stadsutveckling;

    Abstract : Syftet med arbetet är att undersöka stadsplaneringskonceptet 15-minuters staden och visa på dess möjligheter och problem i relation till svensk stadsplanering. Specifikt är syftet att förstå möjligheter och problem utifrån ett socioekonomiskt perspektiv. Detta görs genom en kvalitativ litteraturstudie. READ MORE

  4. 3. Street Smarts: An examination of the nature of local media coverage of recent street conversion programs in New York City and Stockholm

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Regan Maureen Kassing; [2023]
    Keywords : streets; public participation; Covid-19; tactical urbanism; New York City; Stockholm; journalism; gator; allmänhetens deltagande; Covid-19; tactisk urbanism; New York City; Stockholm; journalistik;

    Abstract : The twin crises of the Covid pandemic and the climate emergency have led to a need to reconsider the way we use our cities. Many cities have implemented street conversion programs, aimed at shifting away from prioritization of cars in street usage. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. 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