Search for dissertations about: "Göran Cars"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words Göran Cars.

2. 1. Web Applications for Large-Scale Decision Support : Preference Elicitation, Modeling and Visualization

   Author : Samuel Bohman; Aron Larsson; Bo Sundgren; Majlender Peter; Göran Cars; Øystein Sæbø; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; World Wide Web; Decision Support Systems; Data Visualization; Man-Machine-Interaction MMI ; människa-maskin-interaktion MMI ;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the lack of effective and efficient technology design in current e-participation research by investigating two approaches that yet have not been explored to any great extent in the literature: decision science and data visualization. It is concerned with the problem of how to combine techniques from these two fields to achieve decision support in the context of e-participation; from preference elicitation and modeling to data analysis, visualization and final recommendations, such that it can provide value to practitioners. READ MORE

4. 2. Engendering Spatial Planning : A Gender Perspective on Municipal Climate Change Response

   Author : Christian Dymén; Göran Cars; Richard Langlais; Susan Buckingham; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Spatial planning; climate change; gender perspective; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : While climate change mitigation has been on the agenda of spatial planning practitioners for over two decades, adaptation has only become influential in spatial planning practice in recent years. This trend is evident not only at the municipal levelbut also at the regional and national levels. READ MORE

5. 3. Planning in the 'New Reality' : Strategic Elements and Approaches in Swedish Municipalities

   Author : Charlotta Fredriksson; Göran Cars; Raine Mäntysalo; KTH; []
   Keywords : planning theory; planning practice; municipality; region; comprehensive planning; strategic planning; forum-arena-court; case study; planeringsteori; planeringens praktik; kommun; region; översiktsplanering; strategisk planering; forum-arena-court; fallstudie;

   Abstract : Central to this dissertation is a discourse in contemporary Swedish planning practice referred to as the ‘new reality’. The name of this discourse reflects the notion that planning practice interprets the conditions of today as differing from those which occurred previously. READ MORE

6. 4. Just Sustainable Futures : Gender and Environmental Justice Considerations in Planning

   Author : Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling; Mattias Höjer; Göran Cars; Susan Fainstein; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes and deepens knowledge on long-term planning for sustain­able development through exploring environ­mental justice and gender discourses in planning and futures studies. It also suggests ways of working with those issues. READ MORE

7. 5. Heritage in Authority-Making : Appropriating Interventions inThree Socio-Political Contexts

   Author : Feras Hammami; Göran Cars; Lars Orrskog; Kristina Grange; Laurajane Smith; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heritage; meaning; authority; discourse; appropriation; historic environments; kulturarv; mening; auktoritet; diskurs; historisk miljö;

   Abstract : The perpetual evolution of the value of heritage in urban development is producing newsocio-spatial realities, shaped by different relationships of power at multiple scales.Heritage has always played an important role in the construction of individual andgroup identities, but is now increasingly seen as a capital for the making of cityidentity. READ MORE