Search for dissertations about: "urban growth node"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words urban growth node.

  2. 1. Urban Processes and Global Competition. Enabling factors for mutual urban and economic development Norra Älvstranden in Göteborg

    Author : Bo Öhrström; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; enabling; institutional conditions; urban financing; competitive advantage; economic development; reflexivity; triple helix; governance; urban growth node; urban development; facilitation; cluster; system of innovation; guided development;

    Abstract : Planning and re-development of the former shipyard and harbour areas in Göteborg represent an attempt where the new urban web is anchored in a corresponding development of user needs. This thesis examines the conditions for urban planning and development of an urban growth node in the form of an innovative cluster at Lindholmen. READ MORE

  4. 2. Spatial analysis and modeling of urban transportation networks

    Author : Jingyi Lin; Yifang Ban; Sten Henning Hansen; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Complex networks; transportation systems; network growth; Evolving networks; centrality; urban systems; topology; space syntax; spatial networks; distance effects; gravity laws; planarity; street network patterns; US airline system; China’s aviation system; network efficiency; cellular structure; hierarchy; network representations; Geodesy and Geoinformatics; Geodesi och geoinformatik;

    Abstract : Transport systems in general, and urban transportation systems in particular, are the backbone of a country or a city, therefore play an intrinsic role in the socio-economic development. There have been numerous studies on real transportation systems from multiple fileds, including geography, urban planning, and engineering. READ MORE

  5. 3. Unpacking Swedish Sustainability : The promotion and circulation of sustainable urbanism

    Author : Anna Hult; Karin Bradley; Federico Caprotti; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban sustainability; Sweden; Eco-cities; GHG calculations; Political ecology; Actor network-theory; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : Sweden has been praised for its achievements, and promoted as a role model, in sustainable urban development. This thesis, comprising five separate articles and a cover essay, is a critical study of the Swedish urban sustainable imaginary. The first article examines how this imaginary is produced. READ MORE