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  1. 1. Community Continuity Management : An Exploration of the Energy Production and Use of a Fictional Stockholm Neighbourhood in a Crisis

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Nils Brattgård; [2023]
    Keywords : Business Continuity Management; Community Continuity Management; Energy Community; Energy Resilience; Energy; Resilience; Preparedness; Adaptation; Wellness; Wellbeing; Blackout; Power Failure; High Impact Low Probability; Crisis; Disaster; Kontinuitetshantering; Community Continuity Management; Energigemenskap; Energiresiliens; Energi; Resiliens; Beredskap; Anpassning; Välmående; Välbefinnande; Strömavbrott; Elkris; High Impact Low Probability; Kris; Katastrof;

    Abstract : In an increasingly interconnected, and electricity-reliant world, households are asked to build up their resilience to crises. Local, distributed electricity production within a microgrid with capability to operate disconnected from the larger grid has been shown to be an effective tool for increasing power system resilience in the past. READ MORE

  3. 2. Safety in Urban Spaces using Urban Planning: a Comparative Study in Bogotá, Colombia

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

    Author : Sara Sandefeldt; [2023]
    Keywords : Urban planning; Bogotá; Colombia; safety; urban design; urban spaces; women; gender; fear Stadsplanering; trygghet; publika rum; kvinnor; kön; rädsla; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Many cities around the world are facing the same challenges when it comes to the ability for women to move around and feel safe in public spaces. For women, using public spaces entails fear of sexual violence and of being attacked, which forces them to always be vigilant and reduces their quality of life. READ MORE

  4. 3. The CPTED principles in physical planning in Vivalla : An analysis of how safety and security can be improved through the design of urban environments in a particularly vulnerable area in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)

    Author : Massara Sameer; Mathilda Brolin; [2023]
    Keywords : Broken Window; CPTED; Crime; Safety; Security; Situational Crime Prevention; Social sustainability; Rutin activity; Vivalla; Broken Window; Brott; CPTED; Rutinaktivitetsteorin; Situationell brottsprevention; Social hållbarhet; Säkerhet; Trygghet; Vivalla;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate how physical planning can prevent crime and increase safety in an urban environment, with the theoretical starting point in Crime prevention through environmental design, CPTED, and the Vivalla area. Vivalla is located in Örebro and was chosen because it is a particularly vulnerable area. READ MORE

  5. 4. Grätzltransformation - Implementing the Superblock 2.0

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

    Author : Katharina Deisting; [2022]
    Keywords : Superblock HumanScale Transformation TacticalUrbanism Climateadaptation ; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report published in 2021 shows that global warming and its consequences progress at a rapid rate. (Masson-Delmotte, V. et al. 2021, p. READ MORE

  6. 5. A study of the 15-minute city concept : Identifying strengths, risks and challenges through imagining the implementation of the 15-minute city concept in Munich,

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Alva Zakariasson; [2022]
    Keywords : 15-minute city; integrated neighbourhood; liveable streets; Carlos Moreno; 15-minutersstaden; integrerat kvarter; liveable streets; Carlos Moreno;

    Abstract : The planning concept "15-minute city" has in recent years become a popular model, after which, for example, Mayor Anne Hidalgo plans and builds Paris. The model advocates a set time limit (15 minutes) during which the inhabitants of the city and the neighbourhood must be able to reach their daily nodes and needs by walking or cycling. READ MORE