Essays about: "sustainable urbanisation towards housing for all"

Found 4 essays containing the words sustainable urbanisation towards housing for all.

  1. 1. Spatial Visions and the Future of Norrland : A case study of the spatial vision following Northvolt’s establishment in Skellefteå

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Axel Irengård; Alva Lindström; [2023]
    Keywords : Northvolt; Skellefteå kommun; Region Västerbotten; Northern Sweden; Norrland; the European Union; Multilevel Governance; Spatial Visions; Northvolt; Skellefteå kommun; Region Västerbotten; Norra Sverige; Norrland; EU; Flernivåstyre; Geografiska visioner;

    Abstract : In March of 2017, Northvolt announced at a press conference in Skellefteå that they had received the green light on their factory Northvolt Ett, a lithium-ion battery factory running on 100 per cent renewable energy. The industrial establishment has meant a great increase in population and a consequent increase in demand for housing and services. READ MORE

  3. 2. Eating Disorder: Re-Thinking the Relationship between Food and Architecture in Umeå

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rafaela Taylor; [2015]
    Keywords : Food and architecture; urban farming; immediate architectural intervention; Umeå; sustainable development;

    Abstract : Food is something that we all have in common. We need it to survive and although we don’t always notice it, it has structured our relationships, homes, communities, countryside and cities for as long as humans have been around. The invention of farming led to the first static settlements, thus, enabling the evolution of cities. READ MORE

  4. 3. The compact city : a dead-end for urban sustainability? : an analysis of the compact city’s desirability dimension : a case study of Geneva

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Aude Matthey-Doret; [2015]
    Keywords : residential preferences; desirability; compact city; urban sustainability; reurbanisation; gentrification; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The compact city model emerged as a sustainable response against the dominant trend of urban sprawl. However, the compact city model is not without controversy. Many scholars have questioned the veracity, feasibility and desirability of the compact city through three sets of critiques. READ MORE

  5. 4. Rapid Urbanization and Housing Shortage in Africa: : The Opportunity within the Problem for Ethiopia

    University essay from KTH/Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi

    Author : Ethiopia Wondimu Robi; [2011]
    Keywords : Rapid Urbanization; Housing Shortage; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : On February 2010, in a conference on the future of cities in London, United Nation‟s head of housing agency Anna Tibaijuka proclaimed that "After HIV and Aids, the biggest threat to sustainable development in Africa is rapid and chaotic urbanisation, because it is a recipe for disaster for increased tensions and pressure" (MacLellan, 2010). It is truly unfortunate that a word like urbanization that for centuries has represented better living standards and growth is now viewed as a threat to sustainable growth and likened to an incurable disease. READ MORE