Essays about: "urban Settlement"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 92 essays containing the words urban Settlement.
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1. Chúuka’an: Activating Public places in grid settlements.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Throughout the years, Mérida has been subject of an outstanding growth, economically, socially and spatially. Starting from being a major Mayan civilization city, to a colonial Spanish settlement that grew into being the capital of the peninsula, it has always gone through changes and innovations according to the necessities of its inhabitants. READ MORE
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2. Koloniområdenas plats i staden : hur deras värden beskrivs i plandokument och planprogram
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Koloniområdens plats i staden är inte självklar. De arrenderas och brukas av kolonister men ägs av kommuner, vilket gör att koloniområdena är sårbara. Sårbarheten beror på att städer idag är i ständig förändring och förtätning, vilket innebär att centrala koloniområden som förekommer på efterfrågad mark hotas av exploatering. READ MORE
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3. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE
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4. Second Home, New Home
University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljöAbstract : As a unique form of rural-urban transition settlement in China’s rapid urbanization process, the “urban village” plays a very distinctive part in promoting urbanization, being a transit point for many rural people entering urban areas. The term “informal employment migrants” usually refers to those people, who have no formal employment status and work in informal, low-skilled, low-paying jobs in the city. READ MORE
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5. The Public Bath & Community
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : The communal bath has a long and complex history. While the bath in modern times is used primarily for practical and hygienic reasons, communal bathing has been a vital aspect of many cultures throughout history, serving not only as a means of hygiene but also as social and therapeutical space, promoting exchange of ideas, health and general well-being. READ MORE