Search for dissertations about: "planning housing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 106 swedish dissertations containing the words planning housing.

  2. 1. Institutional Prerequisites for Housing Development : A comparative study of Germany and Sweden

    Author : Anna Granath Hansson; Hans Lind; Jenny Paulsson; Alexandra Weitkamp; KTH; []
    Keywords : housing; housing development; affordable housing; housing shortage; housing supply; urban planning; inclusionary zoning; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

    Abstract : The housing shortage in Swedish growth regions has been heatedly debated for a number of years. Extensive reform proposals have been made by market actors and academics. The former center–right government in power until 2014 emphasized reform of the urban planning process. READ MORE

  4. 2. Footprints of an invisible population : second-home tourism and its heterogeneous impacts on municipal planning and housing markets in Sweden

    Author : Andreas Back; Roger Marjavaara; Dieter K. Müller; Anne-Mette Hjalager; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Second homes; mobility; tourism; uneven development; housing; housing market; planning; Fritidshus; mobilitet; turism; ojämn utveckling; bostäder; bostadsmarknaden; planering; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : While public administrative systems are based on a principle of permanent residence, many people use multiple dwellings, such as second homes, in their everyday life. This mismatch makes second-home tourists an invisible population in the eyes of these systems, when, for example, distributing tax revenues or planning public services. READ MORE

  5. 3. Influence and Invisibility : Tenants in Housing Provision in Mwanza City, Tanzania

    Author : Jenny Cadstedt; Gunilla Andrae; Kerstin Bodström; Lusugga Kironde; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rental tenure; tenants; housing provision; housing career; housing strategy; housing policy; urban planning; Sustainable Cities Programme; unplanned settlements; community participation; citizenship; secure tenure; Mwanza; Tanzania; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : A high proportion of urban residents in Tanzanian cities are tenants who rent rooms in privately owned houses in unplanned settlements. However, in housing policy and in urban planning rental tenure gets very little attention. This study focuses on the reasons for and consequences of this discrepancy between policy and practice. READ MORE

  6. 4. The state of tenancy : Rental housing and municipal statecraft in Malmö, Sweden

    Author : Jennie Gustafsson; Peter Schmitt; Eva K. Andersson; Brett Christophers; Tuna Tasan-Kok; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rental housing; public housing; private rental housing; inequality; financialization; urban governance; local state; state theory; renovations; renovictions; privatization; urban planning; housing politics; regulation approach; Rosengård; Malmö; allmännyttan; privat hyresrätt; stadsplanering; nyliberalism; finansialisering; kommun; renovering; privatisering; bostadspolitik; Herrgården; Rosengård; Malmö; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; Urbana studier;

    Abstract : Rental housing tenants in Sweden and Europe are increasingly seeing their homes subsumed to market pressures. This thesis provides empirical and conceptual insights into the processes by which market and financial practices and logics shape the housing sector, through a critical analysis of rental housing in Malmö, Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 5. Institutional prerequisites for affordable housing development : A comparative study of Germany and Sweden

    Author : Anna Granath Hansson; Thomas Kalbro; Alexandra Weitkamp; KTH; []
    Keywords : affordable housing; housing policy; urban planning; building law; institutional change; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande;

    Abstract : This thesis was written against the background of intense public debate on increasing housing shortages and housing policy reform in Germany and Sweden. Potential reforms to increase housing development volumes, especially in the affordable segment, are analysed using theories of institutional change with focus on urban planning, building law and housing policy. READ MORE