Essays about: "Housing in US"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 103 essays containing the words Housing in US.

  1. 11. We shape our buildings, but do they shape us? Exploring the influence of green urban design on pro-environmental behaviour: a case study of Schoonschip in Amsterdam, NL.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Borea Malnoury; [2023]
    Keywords : Pro-environmental behaviour; green urban design; nudging; behaviour change; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In the context of escalating environmental consciousness, this thesis scrutinizes urban sustainability, with a specific focus on Amsterdam's Schoonschip sustainable housing project. The investigation delves into the nuanced realm of green design, probing its potential and constraints in steering residents towards sustainable practices. READ MORE

  2. 12. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse

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

    Author : Neil Dunne; [2023]
    Keywords : Affordability; Affordable Housing; Housing Affordability; Housing Policy; Social Constructionism; Narrative; Housing Regimes; Commodification; Decommodification; Welfare Provision;

    Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE

  3. 13. Private companies contributing to environmental justice : An Exploratory Study of Stena Fastigheter and the LONAproject in Lindängen, Malmö

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

    Author : Stina Joanna Gremme; [2023]
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    Abstract : The research question „How do privately owned companies contribute to environmental justice through green measures in socially deprived neighbourhoods?“ was used in this Master‘s thesis to examine the role of private economies and their potential contribution to more just living environments in cities. The study used an analytical framework to explore the theories of environmental justice and corporate social responsibility in a real-world context. READ MORE

  4. 14. ‘In a Way, We Live in a Bubble, and the Outside World is Watching Us.’ : - A Qualitative Case Study on Young Adults’ Views on Communication and (Social) Investment Processes in the Area of Rosengård.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Jessica Stegermaier; [2023]
    Keywords : Rosengård; development; social change; media; migration; identity; communication; segregation;

    Abstract : The residential area of Rosengård in Malmö – Sweden, is one of the many areas included in the ‘million programme’, a program that in the 1960s focused on building a million new homes over ten years in Sweden, meant to provide cheap housing options for the rapidly growing population. Today, areas like Rosengård and the program are often associated with immigrant-dense segregated residential areas with high crime and socio-economic problems. READ MORE

  5. 15. How did the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic affect the Swedish consumer price index?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Ellen Svensson; Hanna Henrysson; [2022]
    Keywords : Financial crisis; Covid-19; pandemic; effects; CPI; inflation; basket; GDP growth; unemployment; money supply;

    Abstract : This study analyzes how the financial crisis of 2008 compared to the Covid-19 pandemic affectedinflation, measured by the consumer price index, in Sweden. This study aims to give moreprofound knowledge of how two crises affect the consumer price index and therefore preventpotential future economic crises. READ MORE