Search for dissertations about: "urban design dissertation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words urban design dissertation.

  2. 21. Public Land Development for Sustainability-Profiled Districts : A value co-creation perspective

    Author : Melissa Candel; Jenny Paulsson; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Ellen van Bueren; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Public land development; sustainable urban development; value cocreation; public value; municipal landownership; land allocation; sustainability requirements; housing; property developers; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

    Abstract : Swedish municipalities are developing sustainability-profiled districts incollaboration with private actors to achieve their public sustainability objectives.These districts are comparable to developments found in many other Europeancountries and the wider world. READ MORE

  4. 22. Spatiality of Multiculturalism

    Author : Mohammad Sarraf; Lars Marcus; Mattias Kärrholm; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; spatial form; multiculturalism; ‘civility of indifference’; co-presence; multiplicity; overlapping spaces; ‘together-in-difference’.; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; Architecture; Arkitektur;

    Abstract : Multiculturalism, as a set of ideas and policies, is one of the normative approaches to the current situation of cultural diversity in multicultural cities. But how can the ideas of multiculturalism be translated into the reality of urban form? The overall aim of this dissertation is to provide a theoretical and conceptual frame of reference for distilling and identifying the ideas of multiculturalism which can be translated into spatial form, and in this way, to highlight the role urban form may play in addressing the situation of living living 'together-in-difference’ . READ MORE

  5. 23. Housing Layout and Space Use. A Study of Swedish and Chinese Neighbourhood Units

    Author : Min Ye; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; neighbourhood spatial layouts; Sweden; China; morphological structures;

    Abstract : Housing layouts designed as neighbourhood units are often assumed to be able to perform various practical and social functions. But whether the spatial pattern of the planned neighbourhoods itself can be given some explicit theoretical foundation and be subjected to functional formulation, is a problem which has been hardly tackled by architectural research. READ MORE

  6. 24. Implementing Road Pricing : Standards, Institutions, Costs, and Public Acceptance

    Author : Carl J. Hamilton; Jonas Eliasson; Robert Lindsey; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : Much has been researched and written about road pricing, and especially how it affects traffic flow, congestion, the environment, and social welfare in general. This doctoral thesis analyses the implementation of road user charges rather than its effects. The dissertation consists of five separate papers, each addressing a subset of the topic. READ MORE

  7. 25. Modelling and Simulation of the Fifth-Generation District Heating and Cooling

    Author : Marwan Abugabbara; Avdelningen för Installations- och klimatiseringslära; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Waste heat recovery; Heat pumps; 5GDHC; Modelica; Ethical risk analyses;

    Abstract : District heating and cooling are efficient systems for distributing heat and cold in urban areas. They are a key solution for planning future urban energy-efficient systems due to their high potential for integrating renewable energy sources. READ MORE