Search for dissertations about: "resilience urban development"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words resilience urban development.

  2. 6. Returning to Work : geographies of Employment in Turbulent Times

    Author : Emelie Hane-Weijman; Rikard Eriksson; Urban Lindgren; Gillian Bristow; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regional resilience; adaptability; industry relatedness; labour branching; redundancy; industry mix; re-employment; industry mobility; regional mobility;

    Abstract : This thesis adds to theorizations of resilience, by placing workers and employment on the center stage. This has been addressed by contextualizing gross employment changes and workers’ way back to employment after redundancy. Swedish longitudinal microdata from 1990-2010 were used. READ MORE

  4. 7. Planning for emergence: Confronting rule-based and design-based urban development

    Author : Hye Kyung Lim; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; density; compact city; rule-based approach; diversity; design-based approach; urban resilience; planning by coding; emergent urban form;

    Abstract : Increasing urban populations, climate changes, financial instability, global conflicts, depletion of resources, and increasing land consumption all contribute to the complex and unpredictable urban challenges we are facing today. A compact urban form is promoted by global and local policies, and research has shown the benefits of dense and diverse properties for their capacity to provide complex responses to complex challenges. READ MORE

  5. 8. Deltaic Dilemmas : Ecologies of Infrastructure in New Orleans

    Author : Joshua Lewis; Henrik Ernstson; Nik Heynen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure; New Orleans; resilience; historical ecology; urban ecology; disturbance; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the politics of planning in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta, USA. Complex assemblages of water control infrastructure have been embedded in the delta over the last several centuries in an effort to keep its cities protected from floodwaters and maintain its waterways as standardized conduits for maritime transportation. READ MORE

  6. 9. Empowerment and Private Law : Civil Impetus for Sustainable Development

    Author : Staffan Michelson; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable development; resilience; empowerment; legal emopwerment; private law; civil rights; agenda 2030; SDGs; power of law; case study; societal change; sociology of law; norms; SDR norms; environment;

    Abstract : This dissertation is the result of a study of private law viewed as a source of power for individuals to enhance values they favour. As an appropriate example of such values, the study has focused on current norms that have been recognized and mirrored as sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the UN Agenda 2030. READ MORE

  7. 10. Linking functional traits and cultural ecosystem services in urban areas through human preferences

    Author : Julie Goodness; Erik Andersson; Thomas Elmqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Functional traits; ecosystem services; cultural ecosystem services; urban; cities; human perception; preferences; ecosystem management; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling; Sustainability Science;

    Abstract : Urban areas are now the daily lived experience for the majority of the world’s people, and it is therefore important to explore what kind of ecological communities and corresponding ecosystem functions and services are being generated in these environments. Urban areas are shaped by a variety of factors, but arguably one of the most influential is that of people, in terms of how their preferences and active selective choices for biota play out in the landscape. READ MORE