Essays about: "brownfield developments"

Found 5 essays containing the words brownfield developments.

  1. 1. Brownfield site developments - A case study of Kävlinge municipality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Amelie Hillåker; [2014]
    Keywords : Regeneration; Urban planning; Kävlinge; Barsebäck; Sustainable development; Brownfield; Industrial heritage; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Today, several cities stand before the challenge to transform and redevelop discontinued industrial areas that many times occupies a central part of the locality. The adaptation to these policies is among others a result of attempts to embrace and promote sustainable development, as the transformation of brownfield sites can with the right conditions and strategies provide positive change on the environment, economic development and quality of life in a community. READ MORE

  3. 2. Designing a New Neighborhood by Retrofitting Szamoty : According to New Urbanism Placemaking Principles

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Siamak Vahdani; [2012]
    Keywords : Urban design; Spatial Planning; New Urbanism; Placemaking Principles; Re-development; Brownfield and Industrial lands; New Neighborhood; Szamoty; Ursus; Warsaw; Poland;

    Abstract : The problem of a rapidly growing population and demand to move to urban areas was only one of the reasons that caused the cities’ expansions. Beside this, in pursuit of a better life, many families found their future life in outer city edges which ends in suburban patterns. READ MORE

  4. 3. Similarities among harbor developments : An analysis of case-studies in Hamburg, Dublin, Copenhagen and Stockholm

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Fabio Nienov; [2011]
    Keywords : harbor development; brownfield; urban theory; contemporaneous urban planning; case-study; Hamburg HafenCity; Dublin Docklands; Copenhagen Nordhavnen; and Stockholm Norra Djurgårdsstaden;

    Abstract : Harbor developments have been realized in several European cities over the last years, becoming an important topic in the field of urban and regional planning. Despite their presence in innumerous sites with unlike contexts and backgrounds, those developments look pretty similar in terms of design and form. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Opportunity for Renewals: : The Participatory Process and Social and Income Diversity in Brownfield Development

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Mitchell Reardon; [2010]
    Keywords : Participatory planning; brownfield developments; social and income diversity; communicative action; the just city; Norra Djurgårdsstaden; Stockholm Royal Seaport.;

    Abstract : Reardon, Mitchell. (2010) An Opportunity for Renewal: The Participatory Process and Social and Income Diversity in Brownfield Developments Urban and Regional Planning, advanced level, master thesis for master exam in Urban and Regional Planning, 30 ECTS credits. Supervisor: Dr. READ MORE

  6. 5. Representing new urban image : developments on brownfield areas in Tallinn and Budapest

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Csaba Jakab; Helena Maide; [2007]
    Keywords : brownfields; Budapest; Estonia; function change; Hungary; planning; projects; rehabilitation; regeneration; Tallinn; transition of industrial areas; urban development; urban image ;

    Abstract : Abstract: the problem of restructuring brownfield areas and giving them new functions is known in the Western countries from the 1970es. After the historical events of 1990 a group of Eastern-European countries faced the challenges of the transition to a market economy. READ MORE