Essays about: "Mega Projects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words Mega Projects.

1. 1. Planning an academic cluster to achieve social inclusion – is it possible? : An exploration about young residents’ perceptions of Paris-Saclay, France

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Claire Marie Valérie Bach; [2022]
   Keywords : mega project; academic cluster; young population; inclusion; local connection; co-presence; megaprojekt; akademiskt kluster; ung befolkning; inkludering; lokal anslutning; samvaro;

   Abstract : The development of a mega project in relation with its local proximity is a major challenge in urban planning. This study explores young residents’ perceptions of Paris-Saclay, France, an academic mega cluster in the south of Paris. READ MORE

3. 2. Inflexible Patterns : Kay Fiskers Plads and the Fight for Quality Public Space

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

   Author : Bergen Jome; [2022]
   Keywords : Plaza; square; entrepreneurial urban planning; transportation-based planning; organizational ambidexterity; dead urban space; office and retail park; design; quality of outdoor space;

   Abstract : Kay Fiskers Plads lies at the junction of Copenhagen’s south-bound  metro line, M1, and the Øresundtog train route connecting the city with Malmö, Sweden across the Øresund channel. Surrounding the plaza are Scandinavia’s largest shopping mall, Fields, Neroport offices, Sweden’s Ferring Pharmaceuticals branch and office spaces owned by KLP Ejendomme, a Norwegian based real estate firm. READ MORE

4. 3. Stockholm’s New Golden Bridge : A material infrastructure, fluid assemblage or megaproject?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Giorgi Kankia; [2021]
   Keywords : urban infrastructures; heterogenous assemblages; desire; stabilization; fluidity; relational megaproject;

   Abstract : The recent addition to Stockholm’s built environment in the shape of the new Slussen bridge, or Guldbron as most locals call it, has been both a source of controversy and admiration. This reaction is typical of any infrastructure that reshapes our surroundings. However, this interaction is not unidirectional. READ MORE

5. 4. The Export and Mobilisation of Sustainable Urbanism Ideals : International Experts as Canons Setters

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Malik Mourtaday; [2020]
   Keywords : Urban planning; sustainability; circulation of urban policy; ecological modernization; Moroccan eco-megaprojects.;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the international movement of Ideals about sustainable urban development and design through a focus on planning, private sector architecture and engineering experts. These experts, who are referred to in the literature as the global intelligence corps (GIC), package-up their know-how in urban sustainability as a moneymaking product, and serve it as urban mega- projects around the world. READ MORE

6. 5. Activist resistance against mega-projects in Yucatan : a Buen Vivir and Degrowth approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Francisco Javier Montaño Cruz; [2020]
   Keywords : Yucatán; Mega-projects; Development; Buen Vivir; Degrowth; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis looks at the activist resistance in Yucatán from the perspective of theories of Buen Vivir and Degrowth. Based on a critique of mega-projects, economic growth and development, as well as a theoretical explanation of resistance in the Global South and its links to Buen Vivir and Degrowth, this research explores how mega-projects in Yucatán have existed since the age of henequen, during the middle of the 19th century. READ MORE