Search for dissertations about: "urban conservation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words urban conservation.

  2. 1. Urban shades of green : Current patterns and future prospects of nature conservation in urban landscapes

    Author : Sara Borgström; Regina Lindborg; Sara Cousins; Thomas Elmqvist; Christer Nilsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : urbanisation; nature conservation; urban planning; urban systems; nature reserves; Sweden; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Abstract : Urban nature provides local ecosystem services such as absorption of air pollutants, reduction of noise, and provision of places for recreation, and is therefore crucial to urban sustainable development. Nature conservation in cities is also part of the global effort to halt biodiversity decline. READ MORE

  4. 2. Exploring Typologies, Densities & Spatial Qualities : The Case of Low-Income Housing in South Africa

    Author : Ana Mancheno Gren; Dick Urban Vestbro; Jörgen Andreasen; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Urban Form; House Types; Densities; Spatial Qualities; Low-Income Housing; South Africa; Urban Sprawl; Transect; Architecture and architectural conservation and restoration; Arkitektur och bebyggelsevård;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on problems that have resulted from the increasing pressure facing urban and suburban land use in South Africa, brought on by a number of different factors including the political and historical background of the country, as well as by rapid urbanization. The objective of this thesis is to present the perspectives applied in the analysis of the built environment in selected case studies, in which different theoretical and methodological approaches have been developed to address the research questions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cultivating responsible citizenship : Collective gardens at the periphery of neoliberal urban norms

    Author : Paul Sherfey; Jenny Gunnarsson Payne; Maria Zackariasson; Katarina Saltzman; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethnology; urban agriculture; collective action; place; citizenship; responsibility; political discourse theory; governmentality; neoliberal capitalism; gentrification; etnologi; stadsodling; kollektiv handling; plats; medborgarskap; ansvar; politisk diskursteori; governmentalitet; nyliberal kapitalism; gentrifiering; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : The growing human population is concentrating in urban environments across the globe, leading to urban expansion and densification. Consequently, political debates and social movements concerned with urban planning and land use have increased in relevance. READ MORE

  6. 4. Projecting Urban Natures : Investigating integrative approaches to urban development and nature conservation

    Author : Hanna Erixon Aalto; Katja Tollmar Grillner; Meike Schalk; Gunilla Bandolin; Nina-Marie Lister; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; research through design; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; resilience; legibility; landscape urbanism; ecological urbanism; Stockholm; Green Wedges; projective narratives; comprehensive narratives; prototyping; ecosystem services; urban nature conservation; Architecture; Arkitektur;

    Abstract : Projecting Urban Natures is a compilation thesis in critical studies in architecture. It comprises three journal articles and four design proposals in which I have taken an active part. READ MORE

  7. 5. Nature conservation, landscape change and indigenous rights : The role of Sámi reindeer herding for environmental objectives in the Swedish mountain landscape

    Author : Carl Österlin; Ingrid Stjernquist; Peter Schlyter; Camilla Eriksson; Urban Emanuelsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Land use planning; Cumulative Effects; Reindeer herding; Natural resource extraction; Environmental Management; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

    Abstract : The 14th Swedish national environmental objective, ‘a Magnificent Mountain Landscape’, requires a mountain landscape characterized by reindeer grazing. The Swedish mountains landscape, part of the Scandes, has been shaped by traditional indigenous Sámi reindeer herding and its grazed environments are dependent on reindeer. READ MORE