Search for dissertations about: "public spaces"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 120 swedish dissertations containing the words public spaces.

2. 1. Main streets as resilient public spaces : Zooming in on ground floors in Stockholm

   Author : Rosa Danenberg; Hans Westlund; Tigran Haas; Vikas Mehta; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Main Street; Public Space; Ground Floor; Morphology; Pandemic; Retail Gentrification; Property Ownership; Street Management; Curation; Stockholm; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

   Abstract : This research focuses on how main streets and ground floors can be adaptable and resilient public spaces. Main streets are vital components of the urban fabric of cities worldwide, serving dual roles as both links and places. READ MORE

4. 2. Gambling and gender : A public health perspective

   Author : Jessika Svensson; Mikael Nordenmark; Anna Månsdotter; Gerda Reith; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gender; problem gambling; concerned significant others; relatives; PGSI; SOGS-R; Internet; public health; social support; incidence;

   Abstract : Prevalence studies around the world show that men are the largest group at risk of becoming problem gamblers and that men gamble more than women. However, gambling research has long been gender blind. The gambling market is rapidly changing, with the Internet making gambling more accessible. READ MORE

5. 3. Carving out collective spaces : Exploring the complexities of gender and everyday stressors within rural youth leisure

   Author : Anne Gotfredsen; Evelina Landstedt; Isabel Goicolea; Sanna Aaltonen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth mental health; stressors; leisure participation; gender; femininities; rurality; precarity; space and place; visual methods; ethnography; Public health; folkhälsa; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

   Abstract : Background: The reasons why young people are increasingly suffering frommental health problems, and the opportunities to turn this development aroundare globally debated. Stressors such as education, relationships, futuretrajectories of housing and employment all constitute important factors affectingyoung people’s mental health, leading to stress and achievement pressureespecially among girls and young women. READ MORE

6. 4. Towards a Minor Urbanism : Thinking Community without Unity in Recent Makings of Public Space

   Author : Ida Sandström; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Public Space; Spaces of Being-in-Common; Spaces of Collective Care; Minor Urbanism; Community without Unity; Community; Urban design; Urban space; City park; Urban planning; Co-Production; Urban Participation; Urbanism; Difference; Spaces of difference; Diversity; Spaces of diversity; offentliga rum; offentliga platser; urban arkitektur; Planering; mångfald; torg och parker; Urban design; urban gemenskap; urbanism; medborgardeltagande; medborgarengagemang; planeringspraktiker; gestaltad livsmiljö;

   Abstract : HOW CAN WE PLAN AND DESIGN FOR community in diverse urban situations? In response to segregation and social fragmentation, public space is increasingly being conceived of as a vehicle for fostering openness towards differences, both in planning practice and theory. Drawing on two recent public space projects – Superkilen in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Jubileumsparken in Gothenburg, Sweden – this thesis explores what this hopeful idea may mean in terms of the actual making of public space. READ MORE

7. 5. On the Anarchic Organisation of Cinematic Spaces : Evoking Spaces beyond Cinema

   Author : Rosa Barba; Konsthögskolan i Malmö; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cinema; Astronomy; Fictional Library; Film; Flicker; Material; New Machine; Autonomy; Embarking; Collective Performances; Public; Auditorium; Space;

   Abstract : This research engages with the space beyond cinema and comprises a futuristic vision about the condition of cinema.My work takes a conceptual approach that considers cinema in an architectural sense and as an instrument, where the environment, the screen, and the projection can be combined or pushed forward to create another spatiotemporal dimension that is concurrent with and beyond the context of interior or exterior space. READ MORE