Search for dissertations about: "redevelopment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word redevelopment.

2. 1. Engagement in urban planning as a consequence of trust : an explorative study of the Slussen redevelopment project opposition

   Author : Sofie Rådestad; Tigran Haas; Matthew Carmona; Kristina Grange; KTH; []
   Keywords : Stockholm; trust; urban planning; power; Slussen; redevelopment; public space; public interest; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : This study is about the phenomenon of trust as applied in urban planning processes. The study views this concept through the lens of “the opposition” – the dissenting voices to the official narratives of urban planning projects. READ MORE

4. 2. Unsettled City: Neoliberal redevelopment, state crisis, slum resettlement & biopolitical struggle in Mumbai

   Author : Rishi Jha; Social utsatthet och ojämlikhet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban redevelopment; Dispossession; Governmentality; Bio-necro-politics; Bureaucracy; Slum; Resettlement; Mumbai;

   Abstract : This dissertation concerns capitalist urban redevelopment and the government of urban housing poverty. It examines the ways urban redevelopment regimes shape resettlements and governance of urban populations in Mumbai. READ MORE

5. 3. 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

6. 4. Encountering the meeting place : The production of public space in contemporary Swedish planning

   Author : Christopher Olsson; Mats Lundmark; Ida Andersson; Carina Listerborn; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban planning; public space; spaces of encounter; meeting place; redevelopment projects; the production of space;

   Abstract : A common theme in contemporary Swedish planning discussions is that we no longer meet each other in public spaces. This perceived lack of interpersonal meetings and encounters is said to reinforce the use ofstereotypes and create further distance between differences in the city. READ MORE

7. 5. Modelling of muscular force induced by non-isometric contraction

   Author : Natalia Kosterina; Anders Eriksson; Michael Günther; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Skeletal muscle; Muscular force; Concentric contractions; Eccentric con- tractions; History effect; Force modification; Muscle model; Musculoskeletal model;

   Abstract : The main objective of the study was to investigate and simulate skeletal muscleforce production during and after isometric contractions, active muscle lengtheningand active muscle shortening. The motivation behind this work was to improve thedominant model of muscle force generation based on the theories of Hill from 1938. READ MORE