Search for dissertations about: "sustainable eco city"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words sustainable eco city.

2. 1. Environmental Integration in Sustainable Urban Planning from an Institutional Perspective : A Study of Swedish and Chinese Eco-City Development

   Author : Ying Yin; Maria Håkansson; Amy Rader Olsson; Per G. Berg; KTH; []
   Keywords : Environmental Integration; Sustainable Urban Planning; Institutional Condition; Eco-Cities; Sweden; China; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : The continuously rising attention to and practice of eco-city development in Sweden and China, as well as the countries’ active cooperation has motivated this study and the exploration of eco-city development in these two countries. In eco-city development, diverse environmental issues may well be beyond the planning sector’s capacity and need to be resolved elsewhere by other authorities and agencies in such areas as energy, water and traffic. READ MORE

4. 2. Just Environments : Politicising Sustainable Urban Development

   Author : Karin Bradley; Lars Orrskog; Steve Connelly; Julian Agyeman; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; eco-friendly living; sustainble urban development; diversity; justice; postpolitics; discourse; normalisation; discipline; othering; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

   Abstract :   European cities are becoming increasingly multicultural and diverse in terms of lifestyles and socioeconomic conditions. However, in planning for sustainable urban development, implications of this increased diversity and possibly conflicting perspectives are seldom considered. READ MORE

5. 3. Low-Carbon City Initiatives in China : Planning Approaches, Dilemmas and Opportunities

   Author : Guanghong Zhou; Björn Frostell; Karel Mulder; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Low-carbon city; Urban planning; Metabolic approach; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

   Abstract : In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, tackle climate change and move toward sustainable development, the central government in China has proposed low-carbon city development as the national strategy and relevant initiatives have been taken by local governments. This thesis analyses current low-carbon city programmes and planning approaches in China, identifies limitations and proposes a metabolic approach that could be used to account for physical resources, monitor GHG emissions and involve stakeholders in the planning process. READ MORE

6. 4. The Eco-Gost in the Machine : Reflexions on Space, Place and Time in Environmental Geography

   Author : Johan Hultman; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; landscape; culture; consumption; individual mobility; household resource use; ecocycles; sustainable development; urban ecology; Social geography; Socialgeografi;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to propose a way to introduce social and cultural aspects of environmental degradation to the sustainable development debate. This is done by a reflexive and critical examination of environmental research as it has been applied to different spatial levels (and thus levels of social complexity). READ MORE

7. 5. Unpacking Swedish Sustainability : The promotion and circulation of sustainable urbanism

   Author : Anna Hult; Karin Bradley; Federico Caprotti; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban sustainability; Sweden; Eco-cities; GHG calculations; Political ecology; Actor network-theory; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : Sweden has been praised for its achievements, and promoted as a role model, in sustainable urban development. This thesis, comprising five separate articles and a cover essay, is a critical study of the Swedish urban sustainable imaginary. The first article examines how this imaginary is produced. READ MORE