Essays about: "effects of shortage in housing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words effects of shortage in housing.

1. 1. The Health Dilemma of Urban Densification : A Study on the Health Effects of Urban Densification in Three Swedish Cities

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Hugo Runberger; [2023]
   Keywords : Keywords: Urban Densification; Physical health; Mental health; Planners role; Municipal planning.;

   Abstract : In recent years, Sweden has undergone urbanization, with cities growing and the population increasing. At the same time, there is a great shortage of housing and a great need to expand. As Swedish cities grow, densification has been used as a planning ideal and strategy. READ MORE

3. 2. Wetter, Hotter Weather - Adaptation to climate challenges in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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

   Author : Joel Carlos Lopez Criollo; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate; adaptation; heat; drought; increased rainfall; flooding; climate-smart; Buiksloterham; Amsterdam; Netherlands; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Climate change is happening, right now. Its effects will become more pervasive in our daily lives, and it is part of our task as urban designers to explore how to adapt our cities and communities. READ MORE

4. 3. Interdisciplinary and interspatial discrepancies in urban planning : a multi-actor-multi-criteria analysis of the effects of densification on accessibility and sustainability

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Jelmer van der Ham; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Urban Planning; Densification; Accessibility; Multi-Actor-Multi-Criteria Analysis; Interdisciplinarity;

   Abstract : Density has increasingly been used as a strategy by urban planners to increase accessibility and urban sustainability. Particularly, it has been opted as a tool to achieve sustainable development goal 11 ‘inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and human settlements’. READ MORE

5. 4. Making stuff- the agency of doing in non-growth contexts

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

   Author : Emma Lysholm; [2021]
   Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This project has developed from the site and building conditions in an area of central Boden, a town in the inland north of Sweden. In post-war times, the city grew thanks to the military and regional hospital resulting in the development of the site Prästholmen that was realized true to the modernistic ideal of the time. READ MORE

6. 5. Between a Rock and a Hard Place : Navigating the Housing Pathways of Newcomers in Ireland

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

   Author : Mark Connaughton; [2021]
   Keywords : housing; housing studies; housing in Ireland; housing pathways; housing regimes; migration; reception policy; direct provision; housing assistance payment; marketised social housing;

   Abstract : This thesis presents research into the housing pathways of newcomers in Ireland who receive status to remain in the country and come through the Irish direct provision reception system. In the global context of financialisation of housing and local context of state reliance on the private market to provide housing to all sections of society, cities in Ireland are experiencing severe housing crises like many other cities across the globe, characterised by shortage, increasing rents and persistent homelessness rates. READ MORE