Essays about: "metropolitan city"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 essays containing the words metropolitan city.
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1. The Time-Varying Correlation between Regional Home Prices and The Impact of Central Bank Balance Sheet Policies on Home Prices : A Graphical Descriptive Statistics Approach on The US Housing Market
University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella systemAbstract : There has been a growing interest in economic policies and their impact within a country among the real estate economics research community in recent years. After the economic crisis of 2008, an unconventional monetary policy was created, and it has been called quantitative easing (QE), an instrument of economic policy applied through central banks to boost the economy in periods when conventional monetary policy is not satisfactory. READ MORE
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2. The role of motivations and perceived ability to cycle as a mode of transport in an emerging cycling culture - the case study of Cork Metropolitan Area, Ireland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Cycling as mode of transport can be seen as a sustainable and active mode of travel that can be part of the solution for climate change and urban congestion. Many cities in Europe are now investing in cycling to reduce their carbon emissions and make their spaces more liveable and accessible. READ MORE
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3. Urban agriculture initiatives: Understanding the role of citizens in sustainable development
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Within a highly complex and interconnected system of cities, community involvement tools that engage citizens in developing the urban context could move towards more sustainable solutions while bringing social change. Literature shows that urban agriculture conducted in the form of shared community gardens can be a significant component of sustainable community development strategies, particularly in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (Ohmer et al, 2009). READ MORE
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4. Assessing the Impact of Planning Practice on Mitigating Spatial Segregation : Study of Three Medium-sized Cities of Sweden
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändringAbstract : The increasing diversity of people in the cities due to global processes like immigration makes the cities multicultural. However, multicultural cities become prone to conflicts as the citizens of different cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds are put together in the city. READ MORE
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5. Den post-pandemiska staden : covid-19 och möjliga effekter av nutida svenska stadsbyggnadstrender
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Denna litteraturstudie undersöker om man bland forskare och experter håller det sannolikt att Covid-19 kan förväntas påverka nutida stadsbyggnadstrender då rådande pandemi medfört en högre grad av distansarbete samt potentiellt förändrade flyttmönster och boendepreferenser. Tidigare trender som på ett nationellt och globalt plan har varit aktuella är ekologisk, ekonomisk och social hållbarhet med fokus på klimatet men pandemin kan ha belyst vissa krav om att framtida städers utformning måste prioritera folkhälsan, detta kan kollidera med den aktuella trenden förtätning. READ MORE
