Search for dissertations about: "Urban Transformation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 114 swedish dissertations containing the words Urban Transformation.

  2. 1. Vestiges of urban spirit : Isfahan's urban fabric through socio-spatial transformations

    Author : Mohammad Sarraf; Reza Kazemian; Sussan Babaie; Ali Madanipour; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Isfahan; Urban Fabric; Socio-spatial Communication; Urban Identity; Urban Transformation; Urban Renewal; Urban Form; Urban Design; اصفهان ، طراحی شهری ، فرم شهری ، دگرگونی های کالبدی ، هویت شهری ، بازسازی شهری; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

    Abstract : The city of Isfahan, one of the most historic urban settlements in Iran, has undergone dramatic socio-spatial transformations during the recent decades, beginning with the modernization programs of the 1920s. While the urban structure of Isfahan was the outcome of a process over centuries of incremental evolution, a new mode of place making and street patterns was imposed on the historic fabric of the city within the space of only a few decades. READ MORE

  4. 2. New urban horizons in Africa : A critical analysis of changing land uses in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

    Author : Lena Fält; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Jennifer Robinson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; African cities; urban redevelopment; urban informality; urban land use; urban planning; spatial governance; new cities; evictions; socio-spatial segregation; qualitative case studies; fieldwork; critical urban theory; governmentality; post-colonial urban theory; Accra; Ghana; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Abstract : African cities increasingly aspire global recognition and this has prompted a rapid transformation of the built environment in many urban locales. This thesis provides empirical and conceptual insights into this recent trend through a critical analysis of contemporary land use changes in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. READ MORE

  5. 3. Attractiveness in Urban Design : A study of the production of attractive places

    Author : Erik Hidman; Kristina L. Nilsson; Björn Ekelund; Anna-Johanna Klasander; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; attractiveness; urban design; urban critical studies; production of space; Architecture; Arkitektur;

    Abstract : This research project investigates the production of attractive places, through theory form and everyday life. The research study was originally sprung from practical questions regarding the extensive use of the term attractiveness in urban planning and design. READ MORE

  6. 4. Malignant transformation of the colorectal mucosa in inflammatory bowel disease

    Author : Urban Sjöqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis; colorectal carcinoma; DNA-FCM; aneuploidy; dysplasia; Crohn s disease.;

    Abstract : Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are disorders of unknown etiology, often referred to as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with longstanding, extensive colonic IBD is an important clinical problem. READ MORE

  7. 5. Code Optimisation Techniques for Lazy Functional Languages

    Author : Urban Boquist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; graph reduction; garbage collection; lazy functional languages; program transformation; interprocedural register allocation; graph colouring; intermediate code; code optimisation; compiler back-end;

    Abstract : This thesis describes a complete compiler back-end for lazy functional languages, which uses various interprocedural optimisations to produce highly optimised code. The most important contributions of this work are the following. READ MORE