Search for dissertations about: "Brasilia"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word Brasilia.

  2. 1. Living with Brasilia : a resident's perspective of the confrontation between heroic vision and social reality

    Author : Rosane Bauer; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; superquadras; Brasilia; egalitarian social order; social interaction; modernist city; residents perspective; traditional street life; productiion of space; appropriation; social stratification;

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  4. 2. Automobility in the perspective of international political economy of development illustrated by two case studies: Tehran and Brasilia

    Author : Marie Thynell; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; automobility; transportation; urbanisation; international political economy; development; Tehran; Brasilia;

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  5. 3. The unmanageable modernity. An explorative study of motorized mobility in development

    Author : Marie Thynell; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development studies; international political economy; large technological systems; hegemony; local interpretation; automobility; motorization; sustainability; Brasília; Tehran; Rome; New Delhi;

    Abstract : This thesis is an explorative study of a neglected area in International Political Economy and Development Studies. Modernisation has provoked the global extension of motorized mobility. The establishing of motorized transport systems is a core area in modern development. READ MORE

  6. 4. The void : Urban wasteland as political space

    Author : CECILIA VON SCHÉELE; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban void; urban wasteland; urban planning; urban politics; space; rhythm; undecidable; montage; Derrida; Massey;

    Abstract : The rugged field and group of trees between housing estates or next to the railroad tracks, the left-over space of deserted industrial areas, the vacant demolition site of a central city block – they could all be termed ‘urban voids’. However, they are often anything but voids, in a literal sense, as they are not empty, or deserted. READ MORE