Essays about: "community-led housing"

Found 4 essays containing the words community-led housing.

  1. 1. Whose Right to Urban Nature? A case study of Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Deptford, south-east London

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Deisinger-Murray; [2019]
    Keywords : Urban nature; urban political ecology; critical urban theory; community activism; public green space; working-class politics;

    Abstract : This exploratory research project explores the production and use, and subsequent closure and eviction of the community-designed and managed Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Deptford – a predominantly working-class area in south-east London. This community garden played a key role in the lives of many local residents and its closure and subsequent demolition to make way for a large housing project drew a significant backlash from local residents which included protests, law-suits, and the occupation of the garden itself. READ MORE

  3. 2. The devil in disguise : seeking political opportunity through Brexit to claim 'rights to the city' in London

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Leonard D'Crus; [2018]
    Keywords : Brexit; political opportunity; ‘Rights to the city’; community-led housing; Scenario analysis; London; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There has long been a crisis of housing affordability in London, which the government and private sector are failing to address. On top of the socio-economic challenges brought about by this, London’s current and new stock of housing are not built to the necessary environmental standards to achieve legally binding environmental targets. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Influences of an Eco-village towards Urban Sustainability : A case study of two Swedish eco-villages

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Mi Youn Kim; [2016]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Eco-villages; Environmental behaviour; Grassroots Innovations;

    Abstract : Scholars who study grassroots innovations argue that small-scale community-led urban projects can serve as catalysts accelerating sustainability, by spreading their techniques and practices into a broader society. This thesis explores the claim by investigating influences of two Swedish eco-villages through two spheres: individual and whole eco-village project basis-influence. READ MORE

  5. 4. Slum+City - Re-connecting Mumbai through street-led slum redevelopment

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

    Author : Jonna Ekholm; [2016]
    Keywords : Slum redevelopment; Dharavi; Mumbai; community led redevelopment; urban strategy; urban design; India; informality; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Slums are not sustainable, not healthy nor worthy places to live. But forcing the poor people out of the cities is equally unsustainable. In cities all over the world - in slums, favelas and shanty towns – the poor has started solving their housing problems in self built neighborhoods. READ MORE