Essays about: "urban planning leisure"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words urban planning leisure.
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16. Placemaking in the RhineMain Regionalpark
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : This thesis presents a case study on the RhineMain Regionalpark in the context of placemaking and governance. As the second-oldest regional park in Germany, the RhineMain Regionalpark offers vast green open spaces all throughout the region for leisure and recreation to citizens and visitors. READ MORE
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17. DIY Performance Culture of Folkets Park, Malmö : Creative Play, Community and Ownership of Public Space
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : DIY Performance Culture in Folkets Park. Ian Muller This thesis is a qualitative applied cultural analysis of Folkets Park, Malmö: specifically Do It Yourself (DIY) creative theatrical performance as a form of playing. READ MORE
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18. Is Biodiversity Attractive? : on-site perception of recreational and biodiversity values in urban green space
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Urban and near-urban green spaces tend to be the main venues for human leisure and recreational activities, given their multifunctional potential, restorative effect and proximity to large numbers of people. Urban green spaces also provide significant ecological resources, not only in contrast to the rest of the urban matrix, but also as a unique part of a greater network of ecosystems. READ MORE
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19. Facing Peak Oil and Climate Change: A Pragmatic Approach to a Re-localized Food Production System in Uppsala, Sweden
University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Globalization and industrial agriculture have enabled consumers in Sweden and other countries in the Western world to enjoy foodstuffs from many parts of the world at very affordable monetary prices, but at the same time involving a lot of external costs in the form of environmental degradation, and a high dependency on foreign agricultural ecosystems as well as on oil and other non-renewable inputs, thus degrading sustainability and resilience in the food system. Accelerated climate change and the upcoming peak oil crisis call for a reorientation and a transition to a more locally-based system. READ MORE
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20. Downtown revitalization in San Salvador
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesignAbstract : The aim of this master’s thesis in spatial planning is to research the conditions in the historic city centre of San Salvador and make a strategy and urban design proposal for the area, but also to investigate the relationship between economic development, public institutions and the public space in this area. The research has been done through literature studies on El Salvador and formal/informal economy, onsite inventory, studies of good examples and interviews with people in the area. READ MORE