Essays about: "suburban retrofitting"

Found 3 essays containing the words suburban retrofitting.

  1. 1. Introducing sustainability measures to retail district retrofits : Edmonton’s Westmount Centre Case Study

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : TATIANA MARTSCHENKO; [2017]
    Keywords : Urban sustainable development; retail district retrofit; case study; Edmonton; Canada;

    Abstract : Many North American suburban shopping malls have become under-performing retail islands drifting in oceans of asphalt parking lots. This thesis examined three potential future scenarios for the aging retail shopping mall landscape; 1. Maintaining status quo 2. Upgrading the property for a mixed-use neighbourhood centre 3. READ MORE

  3. 2. Suburban retrofitting : a useful strategy for swedish urban planners?

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Christoffer Jusélius; [2013]
    Keywords : suburban retrofitting; sweden; kungens kurva; densification; commercial areas; shopping malls; malls; Suburban retrofitting; sverige; kungens kurva; stadsplanering; förtätning; externhandelsområden; köpcentrum;

    Abstract : There is an on-going generational shift related to car culture, occurring in the developed world. After decades of increased driving, a decline can now be seen in twenty of the developed countries. Moreover, one out of five regional shopping malls in America is either dead or likely to fail within the next five years. READ MORE

  4. 3. Designing a New Neighborhood by Retrofitting Szamoty : According to New Urbanism Placemaking Principles

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Siamak Vahdani; [2012]
    Keywords : Urban design; Spatial Planning; New Urbanism; Placemaking Principles; Re-development; Brownfield and Industrial lands; New Neighborhood; Szamoty; Ursus; Warsaw; Poland;

    Abstract : The problem of a rapidly growing population and demand to move to urban areas was only one of the reasons that caused the cities’ expansions. Beside this, in pursuit of a better life, many families found their future life in outer city edges which ends in suburban patterns. READ MORE