Essays about: "Critical Urbanism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Critical Urbanism.

  1. 1. Othering Heights : A critical urban approach to the narratives embedding the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden

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

    Author : Anna Stohr; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban studies; conviviality; convivial urbanism; Halmstad; Österskans; Sweden; critical urbanism; socio-spatialisation; placemaking; urban design; social sustainability; the built environment; segregation; urbanisation; public space; cityscape; neoliberal planning; densification; social mobility; spatial theory; uneven geographical development; the right to the city; David Harvey; thinking spatially; discourse;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden from the approach of critical urbanism. With a steady increase of population growth for the past decades and despite the income level of the municipality's population being above the national average - the socio-economic segregation in Halmstad is prevalent. READ MORE

  3. 2. Temporär urbanism som medel för en socialt hållbar stadsutveckling : att arbeta med sommargågator och utvärdering av dem

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

    Author : Louise Eklund; Sofia Holmqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : Utvärdering; uppföljning; resultathantering; sommargågator; temporär urbanism; temporära åtgärder; stadsutveckling; platsutveckling; sociala värden; social hållbarhet; attraktivitet; trygghet; tillgänglighet; vistelsemiljöer; kvantifiering; mätbarhet; kvalitativ; kvantitativ; reliabilitet; validitet;

    Abstract : Som kreativt och innovativt planeringsverktyg har företeelsen temporär urbanism blivit alltmer populär de senaste åren. Temporär urbanism innebär att åtgärder tillämpas för att förändra en plats under en begränsad tid. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Smart to Shrewd: Provincializing “Smart” Urbanism through the Heterogenous Infrastructure of Waste Work in Kibera and Mathare, Nairobi

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sonto Amy Mkize; [2022]
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    Abstract : Urban global waste generation has been growing at alarming rates and innovative sustainable solid waste management is considered vital to addressing the waste crisis. The vision to achieve this globally has mostly been taken its inspiration from cities in the Global North. READ MORE

  5. 4. Citizens resisting Smart Cities’ initiatives : The case of Concepción (Chile) and the R+D PACYT project.

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

    Author : Natalia Belén Sandoval Quezada; [2021]
    Keywords : Smart cities; urban social conflict; right to the city; flagship projects; corporate storytelling; placebo interventions.;

    Abstract : Parque Científico y Tecnológico (PACYT, Science and Technology Park) is a large-scale R+D project that seems to be framed in a Smart City plan for Concepción, Chile, which the media has presented as “the Chilean Silicon Valley” (Araus, 2015; Tele13, 2019) and promises to bring not only research and development opportunities for the city but also thousands of direct and indirect jobs (Estudio Interdiseño, 2018; la Tercera, 2015) carried out by PACYT Corporation. Nonetheless, voices have raised to question the construction of the 91 hectares initiative, and some of them have even organized in citizen groups targeting the creation of the urban complex, which actively share information contesting the PACYT through social media, and coordinate activities to protest and spread the word. READ MORE

  6. 5. Multifaceted municipal pop-up planning : A case-study analysis of Vancouver, Canada and Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Britta Josephson; Sarah Ochitwa; [2021]
    Keywords : pop-up planning; temporary urbanism; governance; municipal planning; democracy; social justice; Vancouver; Stockholm; strategic planning; public space; pop-up planering; temporär urbanism; governance; kommunal planering; demokrati; social rättvisa; Vancouver; Stockholm; strategisk planering; offentliga platser;

    Abstract : This thesis is born out of a desire to better understand the intentions and implications behind a contemporary planning approach we term ‘pop-up planning’. This approach can be viewed as legitimized planning institutions borrowing aesthetic and practice from citizen-led, do-it-yourself urban initiatives which act to improve public space through often tactical or temporary means. READ MORE