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1. 1. Sustainable housing for everyone: A qualitative study of sustainable urban development and housing provision in Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Malin Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the city of Malmö plans for the housing provision from a sustainability perspective by studying social and environmental sustainability in the urban development process with a focus on housing. The study is a qualitative case study and interviews with employees working in the municipality and a document study have been conducted. READ MORE

3. 2. NOT IN MY LIMHAMN : Investigating the implications of social mixing in an affluent area, through the case of Limhamns Sjöstad

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

   Author : Ella Klausen; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban planning; social mixing; diversity; local opposition; NIMBYism;

   Abstract : In 2020, reports were made of local opposition directed towards the development of public housing in a new residential area called Limhamns Sjöstad (Limhamn's seaside town), located in one of the most affluent districts of Malmö, Sweden. The reports of the local opposition initiated a media debate regarding the municipal housing provision and aim to promote social mixing to counteract segregation within the city. READ MORE

4. 3. Lessons for municipalities to steer the sustainable development of alternative housing : A case study of two co-housing projects in Helsingborg and Hamburg

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Jule Jeske; [2023]
   Keywords : co-housing; co-living; alternative housing; sharing; sustainable housing; Co-Housing; Co-Living; alternatives Wohnen; Sharing; nachhaltiges Wohnen;

   Abstract : Decades of globalisation and urbanisation are posing intersecting social, economic, and environmental pressures on urban housing markets, that are pushing conventional housing provision to its limits. Accelerated by the covid-19 pandemic, alternative approaches to housing are coming to the fore. READ MORE

5. 4. Food preparedness and the protection of agricultural land among municipalities : A case study in Haninge and Heby municipalities

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Freja Handler; [2023]
   Keywords : Food preparedness; protection of agricultural land; resilience; municipalities; Livsmedelsberedskap; skydd av jordbruksmark; resiliens; kommuner;

   Abstract : Food provision in times of environmental and social crises has become a hot topic over recent years. The covid-19 pandemic and the Russian war on Ukraine have led to a re-evaluation of Swedish food preparedness. READ MORE

6. 5. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse

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

   Author : Neil Dunne; [2023]
   Keywords : Affordability; Affordable Housing; Housing Affordability; Housing Policy; Social Constructionism; Narrative; Housing Regimes; Commodification; Decommodification; Welfare Provision;

   Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE