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1. 1. Chúuka’an: Activating Public places in grid settlements.

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

   Author : Valeria Rabelo Cabal; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable Urban Design. Green Mobility. Public Spaces. Live Streets. Mixed use living.; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : 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

3. 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)

   Author : Emma Svensson; [2023]
   Keywords : koloniområde; koloniträdgård; kolonilott; översiktsplan; detaljplan; planprogram;

   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

4. 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)

   Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
   Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

   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

5. 4. Second Home, New Home

   University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

   Author : Minghui Li; [2023]
   Keywords : urban village; urban regeneration; informal employment migrants; public space;

   Abstract : 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

6. 5. The Public Bath & Community

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

   Author : Egil Ljungkvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sustainability; Community; Public Bathing; Urban Planning; Spontaneous Settlements; Inclusion; Safety; Bogotá; Colombia; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : 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