Essays about: "urban reconstruction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words urban reconstruction.

  1. 1. Post-Traumatic Urbanism

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Dalia Diary; [2023]
    Keywords : Urban planning; City development; post-traumatic urbanism; ruin; rebuild;

    Abstract : Terrorism, conflict, and natural disasters. How can architecture respond to a world at odds with itself?On a daily basis we see tragic news about cities around the world that are undergoing trauma. READ MORE

  3. 2. Stigmatization and its overshadow on urban green spaces in Gottsunda : the study of a segregated suburban area where existing green spaces are fading away

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mashiat Raisa; [2023]
    Keywords : Gottsunda; stigmatization; segregation; green spaces; marginalized; crime; whiteness; planning; redevelopment;

    Abstract : In this modern era, when we are living in a society surrounded by advanced science and technology on the one hand, stigmatization as a form of social injustice is very much evident and still increasing in the social landscape on the other hand. In this thesis, I investigate the ongoing trend of redevelopment and densification projects in the Swedish context, explicitly targeting the marginalized neighborhoods in a Million Program housing areas built after the post-war period. READ MORE

  4. 3. BIM and GIS Integration for Disaster-Prone Environments: The Case Study of Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in Mexico City

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Byggnadsteknik och belysningsvetenskap

    Author : Andrea Jazmin Diaz Guzman; [2023]
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    Abstract : Disasters are happening all around the world on multiple scales and intensities. Some countries are more vulnerable than others and they are forced to be resilient in this scenario. Nowadays, it has been proven the importance of digital tools for risk prevention. BIM and GIS are digital tools that have been used for diverse purposes. READ MORE

  5. 4. The CPTED principles in physical planning in Vivalla : An analysis of how safety and security can be improved through the design of urban environments in a particularly vulnerable area in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)

    Author : Massara Sameer; Mathilda Brolin; [2023]
    Keywords : Broken Window; CPTED; Crime; Safety; Security; Situational Crime Prevention; Social sustainability; Rutin activity; Vivalla; Broken Window; Brott; CPTED; Rutinaktivitetsteorin; Situationell brottsprevention; Social hållbarhet; Säkerhet; Trygghet; Vivalla;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate how physical planning can prevent crime and increase safety in an urban environment, with the theoretical starting point in Crime prevention through environmental design, CPTED, and the Vivalla area. Vivalla is located in Örebro and was chosen because it is a particularly vulnerable area. READ MORE

  6. 5. Streamlining 3D City Modeling for Urban Flow Simulations by Automatic Integration of Multisource Topography

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Klara Lindroth; [2023]
    Keywords : automatic 3D city models; surface reconstruction; geometry pre-processing; CFD; OSM height attributes;

    Abstract : In the workflow of computational fluid dynamics, geometry preparation is commonly the most time-consuming step. For a fast CFD simulation, automatic surface reconstruction to obtain 3D city models for a chosen area is essential. To address this need, a literature study was conducted to map available data suitable for 3D city models. READ MORE