Search for dissertations about: "Participatory planning"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 91 swedish dissertations containing the words Participatory planning.
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1. Rethinking power in participatory planning : Towards reflective practice
Abstract : High hopes for democracy and sustainability are placed on participatory planning. Policy makers and scholars argue that broad participation can revitalise democracy and tackle sustainability challenges. Yet, critics claim that power asymmetries stand in the way of realising the potential of participatory planning. READ MORE
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2. Urban policies for a contemporary periphery : Insights from eastern Russia
Abstract : In recent decades, the notion of quality of life has been closely associated with the built urban environment and urbanistic practice. Policies addressing public space and aiming at cities’ increased international competitiveness are proliferating. READ MORE
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3. Engendering Spatial Planning : A Gender Perspective on Municipal Climate Change Response
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
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4. Urban Planning Participation: Linking Practice and Theory
Abstract : Continuing efforts to apply, at the local level, the Agenda 21 mandate of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992, provide good illustrations of problems typical in contemporary public planning and decision-making in many European countries. The claims for participatory decision-making and the coordination of decision and action among diverse actors and stakeholders constitute challenges to established public planning systems. READ MORE
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5. Steering sustainability transitions? Modular participatory backcasting for strategic planning in the heating and cooling sector
Abstract : Fostering sustainability transitions in the heating and cooling sector is a necessary and urgent issue. Steering mechanisms can enable coordination of actions by different actors towards common sustainability goals. READ MORE