Essays about: "city partnership"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words city partnership.

  1. 21. Hub Criativo do Beato- For whom by whom? : A narrative study of global entrepreneurial and creative urban practices in the eastern riverside of Lisbon

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Solveig Lönnervall; Michaela Sundell; [2018]
    Keywords : Creative economy; globalisation; neoliberalism; place marketing; public-private partnership; urban regeneration; industrial heritage; urban managerialism;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of creative hubs in former industrial sites based upon the case study of Hub Criativo do Beato and its process of implementation in Lisbon, Portugal. The hub is explored in relation to political-cultural power embedded in the practice of globalism and public-private partnership. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Challenges of partnership in the light of citizens' participation - Linked to urban development at neighborhood scale, with the case BID Sofielund

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Elin Lilja; [2017]
    Keywords : partnership; BID; citizen participation; community involvement; interface; power- relations; civic influence; empowerment; collaborative governance; urban development;

    Abstract : How people in a city should be governed has been discussed since ancient philosophy. The complexity of today's society can no longer be govern without the co-operations of actors. In recent years the shift from government to governance has created new governance spaces. READ MORE

  4. 23. Strengthening capacities for the use of GIS in disaster risk reduction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Anna Charlin Rürup; [2017]
    Keywords : Geographic Information Systems; GIS; capacity development; disaster risk reduction; capacity building; Social Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a powerful tool for supporting disaster risk reduction (DRR). International agreements such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction call on high-income countries and other partners to support lower-income countries in strengthening their DRR capacities. READ MORE

  5. 24. Urban entrepreneurialism and the right to the city – between discourse and practice The case of Norra Sorgenfri, Malmö, Sweden

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

    Author : Henrik Fahlbeck; [2017]
    Keywords : governance; public-private partnership; urban development projects; neoliberalism; public space; culture; right to the city; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the discursive and practical use of the theoretical concept of the entrepreneurial city in a case study of a new city district, Norra Sorgenfri, Malmö, Sweden. A concern with the concept of the right to the city and use of Norra Sorgenfri’s public spaces is part of the examination. READ MORE

  6. 25. Vilse i paradoxen : en diskursanalytisk studie av planeringens arbete för minskad segregation genom projektet Culture Casbah

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

    Author : Linnea Fröjd; Sofia Wendel; [2017]
    Keywords : stadsutveckling; segregation; Culture Casbah; planering; Rosengård; diskursanalys; stadsplanering;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates the recent visionary development of an urban renewal project in Rosengård, a centrally located neighbourhood in the city of Malmö. This project Culture Casbah comprises a construction of a tower and 200 housing units and is considered to be a socially oriented urban develop-ment with a purpose to transform Rosengård into an integrated part of the city. READ MORE