Essays about: "planning and building law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words planning and building law.

1. 1. Amphibia : Living on both sides

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Elvira Nielsen; [2023]
   Keywords : zero growth; lithium-ion battery factory; agenda 2030; great crested newt; local global sustainability; the rights of the child;

   Abstract : Mariestad municipality participated in a global competition to become Volvo’s site for a new lithium-ion battery factory. The competition was between eleven different countries and three different locations in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. Municipal urban transformation through children’s participation : A comparative study of eight municipalities in Skåne

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Johanna Sandelowsky; [2023]
   Keywords : Children’s participation; urban transformation; social sustainability; collaborative planning; networks; Skåne;

   Abstract : The Convention of the Rights of the Child has become law in Sweden, entailing municipalities to adapt to the pillars of the convention, one of them being children’s right to participate. Due to the Swedish planning process, the convention is overruled by other planning- and building laws, meaning that municipal practitioners are free to adapt the convention on their own terms. READ MORE

4. 3. From words to action : A study of a child perspective in planning

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Markus West Wittenberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Children’s perspective; child perspective; child impact analysis; communicative planning; collaborative planning; Convention of the Rights of the Child; citizen participation; urban and regional planning; Barns perspektiv; barnperspektiv; barnkonsekvensanalys; kommunikativ planering; barnkonventionen; medborgardeltagande; samhällsplanering;

   Abstract : This study examines how well the children’s perspective is taken into account in modern day urban planning, according to professionals within the field. It highlights both positive and negative experiences of the implementation of this perspective, in order to distinguish both flaws and strengths in the current methods. READ MORE

5. 4. Good Girl, Wife or Foreign Fighter - Danish Media Constructions of women in ISIS

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Camilla Gissel; [2022]
   Keywords : ISIS; Female foreign fighters; Social Problems Theory; Narrative Criminology; ISIS bride; Betrayal; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Women who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have been understood as serving passive and largely supportive roles in ISIS state-building by media and, to a far extent, academia. Academia has argued that the passive role evolves into active participation in weaponed combat and planning of attacks. READ MORE

6. 5. The Role of Urban Planning in Counteracting Segregation: The Case of Pinelands, South Africa

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

   Author : Emmy Tarras-Wahlberg; Emmy Larsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Segregation; integration; socio-economic status; spatial planning; urban planning; affordable housing; social housing; inclusionary housing; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Segregation is a common phenomenon arising worldwide. Residential segregation has been shown to have several negative consequences for people living in less wealthy neighbourhoods, such as health-related setbacks and being less likely to cope with school. READ MORE