Essays about: "compact city planning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words compact city planning.

  1. 1. Urban green spaces: Limits to growth?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Jacob Seabrook Alex; [2023]
    Keywords : Urban green space; densification; compact city; livable city; socio-ecological systems;

    Abstract : This research analyses attitudes to urban green spaces within the framework of compact city development models, using Uppsala as a case study and investigating the tension between growth and preservation. Compact city literature strongly promotes the importance of green space within urban environments for both social and ecological wellbeing and highlights what becomes an increasing requirement for this as populations within urban areas are densified, which is a concomitant goal of compact city models. READ MORE

  3. 2. 3-30-300 som metod för en grönare stad : en jämförelse mellan Möllevången Väst och Söderkulla i Malmö

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

    Author : Julia Henrohn; Nora Juneholm; [2023]
    Keywords : 3-30-300; stadsplanering; grönplanering; förtätning; grönstruktur; urban miljö; hållbara städer;

    Abstract : Urbaniseringen fortsätter i Sverige och Malmö är den stad där befolkningen ökar mest i hela landet. Genom ett förtätat stadsplaneringsideal, där fler människor och funktioner ska få plats, effektiviseras markanvändningen och exploatering på värdefull natur- och jordbruksmark minskar. READ MORE

  4. 3. From suburb to compact city : a study of shifting ideals in green planning, with the case of Upplands Väsby

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Vendela Haddleton; Lisa Henriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Green structure; planning ideals; compact city; urban ecology; planning historical research;

    Abstract : Planning of cities today is often focused on delivering a compact built structure and more green structure, since both these are regarded as sustainable solutions. However, the increasingly compact city form decreases the green spaces while the ecological functions of greenery is a fundamental part of a well-functioning compact city. READ MORE

  5. 4. Förskolor på tak : en studie om barns plats i den täta staden

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

    Author : Maria Lazar; [2022]
    Keywords : takgårdar; barnperspektivet; lekplats; friyta; lekmiljö; stadsplanering; förtätning; barns rörelsefrihet;

    Abstract : Trots omfattande forskning kring vikten av goda utemiljöer för barn har flera kommuner börjat aktualisera takgårdar som lösning för förskolemiljöer till följd av den rådande platsbristen i städer. Samtidigt verkar det finnas ett glapp i forskningen kring hur väl dessa utemiljöer fungerar för barnen. READ MORE

  6. 5. Liveable Spaces for People - Improving Quality of Life for the Locals in the Tourism City of Macao

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

    Author : Momoko Kotani; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Many cities around the world are undergoing urbanisation, developing undeveloped land or redeveloping underused areas due to changing times. Such developments often focus on attracting new residents and building new communities, and their economic benefits, so those areas are actively developed by developers and municipalities. READ MORE