Search for dissertations about: "gothenburg planning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words gothenburg planning.

2. 1. From Gone to Gain: Exploring the Scope of Historic Environment Compensation in Planning

   Author : Maitri Dore; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; compensation; planning; conservation; historic environment; loss; infrastructure; West Link; Gothenburg; Mumbai Metro; India;

   Abstract : Large planning projects inserted in old cities often cause physical loss of the historic environments they encounter. Public actors face the challenge of conserving these environments, while simultaneously considering planning needs for the future. READ MORE

4. 2. Under Construction: Making Meaning of Social Sustainability in Strategic Planning Practice

   Author : Hannah Saldert; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban planning; urban sustainability; sustainable development; ambiguous concepts; discourse; situational analysis; Gothenburg;

   Abstract : While social sustainability is attracting attention in both policy and academia, there are still challenges when turning social sustainability policy into practice. Instead of making cities more socially sustainable, the meaning of social sustainability tends to change, become simplified, or disappear when it is actualized in practice. READ MORE

5. 3. Wastelands of difference? Urban nature and more-than-human difference in Berlin and Gothenburg

   Author : Mathilda Rosengren; Matthew Gandy; Maan Barua; Steve Hinchliffe; University of Cambridge; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Berlin; Gothenburg; more-than-human ethnography; multispecies ethnography; more-than-human geography; urban green space; urban wastelands; landscape architecture; urban planning; non-human agency; affect; Stadtbrachen; Brachen; Anita-Berber-Park; St. Thomas Friedhof; Natur-Park Südgelände; Park am Gleisdreieck; Göteborg; Trollspisberget; Högåsberget; Frihamnen; Mossen; bostadsnära natur; Urban studies; Urbana studier;

   Abstract : This thesis explores more-than-human entanglements of contemporary urban environments in order to develop a rearticulation of urban landscapes as spaces decidedly beyond the exclusively human. Taking its cue from the question “How do we live with urban difference today?,” such spaces, the thesis argues, emerge through, as well as change with, a variety of socio-ecological entwinements. READ MORE

6. 4. Climate regulation provided by urban greening - examples from a high latitude city

   Author : Janina Konarska; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Gothenburg; Sweden; high latitude city; urban greenery; urban trees; leaf area index; tree transpiration; sky view factor; mean radiant temperature; hemispherical photography; climate-sensitive planning;

   Abstract : Cities exert a strong influence on urban climate, and consequently on human health and wellbeing. This increases the importance of considering climate issues in urban planning, particularly in the context of global climate change. One of the key adaptation strategies in climate-sensitive planning is urban greenery. READ MORE

7. 5. Need for speed : towards urban planning for rapid transitioning to sustainable personal mobility

   Author : Varvara Nikulina; Henrik Ny; David Simon; Henrikke Baumann; Göran Broman; Ulf Ranhagen; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; personal mobility; urban planning; rapid transition; sustainability;

   Abstract : The Paris Agreement, the recent Special Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Sustainable Development Goals are examples of United Nation’s facilitated calls for urgent climate action and more generally for a rapid transition of society towards sustainability. Since urban personal mobility is a significant contributor to society’s current sustainability challenges, and considering current trends of population growth and urbanisation, there is a strong need to develop enhanced support for urban planning for rapid transitioning to sustainable personal mobility. READ MORE