Essays about: "women - urban space"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 54 essays containing the words women - urban space.

  1. 21. (Ine)quality of air and water - A political ecology approach to a multilevel analysis of individual- and country-level factors impacting people’s experience of environmental quality in their community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Josefin Stagge; [2019]
    Keywords : air quality; water quality; environmental justice; political ecology; uneven development; world-systems analysis; multilevel linear regression; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine inequalities in terms of air and water quality in a cross-national study comparing determinants at both individual and national level using a subjective measurement. This study explores how uneven development and economic inequalities within and between countries affect people’s experience of environmental problems (i. READ MORE

  3. 22. Saf(h)er cities : ett gestaltningsförslag för Östertunneln i Gävle

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Linnéa Åström; [2019]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; gestaltningsförslag; Gävle; trygghet; jämställdhet; feministisk stadsplanering;

    Abstract : Trots att upplevelser är individuella och skiljer sig mellan olika människor, visar forskning att den upplevda otryggheten i städer är större hos kvinnor än hos män. Otryggheten uppträder främst under kvällar och nätter, vid förfl yttning genom avskilda, ödsliga eller slutna rum. READ MORE

  4. 23. Light and Perception of safety in-between buildings : The role of lighting in perception of safety from a female perspective in in-between spaces of residential areas

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Seyedehfatemeh Dastgheib; [2018]
    Keywords : Lighting design; perceived safety; urban space; in-between space of residential area; outdoor lighting; visibility; social lighting; gender equality; illumination; female perspective;

    Abstract : This thesis will investigate the relationship between lighting and perception of safety through a case study. The main focus of this study is outdoor lighting with consideration of gender equality and perception of safety. READ MORE

  5. 24. Women Daily Living Room : Feminist Urban Planning toward Gender-Equality in Public Spaces; Case Study of Sätra, Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Seyedeh Atefeh Mortazavi; [2018]
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    Abstract : ABSTRACT In 2014, Sweden became the world's first self-defined feminist nation and a place where gender equality has a strong ideal within the country's national identity. However, the issue of gender equity remains unaddressed in some area across Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 25. Ett stråk för alla? : Möllevångens offentliga rum ur ett genus och trygghetsperspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Elvira Larsson; Oscar Samuelsson; [2018]
    Keywords : genus; jämställdhet; trygghet; offentliga rum; könsmaktsordning; stadsplanering;

    Abstract : Vårt kandidatexamensarbete undersöker vilka psykologiska och rumsliga aspekter som påverkar kvinnors upplevda trygghet i det offentliga rummet. Målet med uppsatsen är att få en ökad förståelse för hur gaturum kan utformas och förvaltas för att förstärka den upplevda tryggheten hos kvinnor. READ MORE