Sökning: "urbanism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 47 avhandlingar innehållade ordet urbanism.

1. 1. City Re-Making Approaches in Contemporary Urbanism : “Re-Urbanism” as a Strategy for the Revitalization of Detroit and Declining Cities

   Författare :Ryan Locke; Tigran Haas; Michael Mehaffy; David Brain; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Re-Urbanism; urban decline; urban revitalization; Placemaking; Detroit; urbanism; public space; Landscape Urbanism; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : Many cities today are experiencing extreme widespread urban decline, at a time when urban growth and revitalization are prioritized on the agenda. This dissertation examines a number of prominent urban revitalization strategies for declining cities, specifically highlighting the emblematic case of Detroit as a research subject. LÄS MER

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

   Författare :Ida Sandström; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Nyckelord :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;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

4. 3. Urbanism Under Sail : An Archaeology of Fluit Ships in Early Modern Everyday Life

   Författare :Niklas Eriksson; Johan Rönnby; Anders Andrén; Jonas Nordin; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Seventeenth century; Urbanism; Shipwrecks; Historical; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Sammanfattning : In the seventeenth- and early eighteenth centuries, fluits were the most common type of merchant ship used in Baltic trade. Originally a Dutch design, the majority of all goods transported between Sweden and the Republic was carried on board such vessels. Far from all voyages reached their destination. LÄS MER

5. 4. Unguja Ukuu on Zanzibar : An archaeological study of early urbanism

   Författare :Abdurahman Juma; Paul Sinclair; Chapurukha M Kusimba; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; cultural complexity; cycles; early urbanism; and urban characterization; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : This study describes archaeological excavations carried out at Unguja Ukuu on the main island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. The site has long remained obscure, oral histories do not mention it and no particular group among the living community of the island describes its origin from the site. LÄS MER

7. 5. Den medeltida stadens dynamik : – urbanitet, sociala praktiker och materiell kultur i Uppsala 1100–1550

   Författare :Joakim Kjellberg; Neil Price; John Ljungkvist; Göran Tagesson; Gitte Hansen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Urbanisation; Urbanism; Urbanity; Social Practice; Identity; Material culture studies; Medieval archaeology; Urban archaeology; Historical archaeology; Urbanisering; Urbanism; Urbanitet; Social praktik; Identitet; Föremålstudier; Medeltidsarkeologi; Stadsarkeologi; Historisk arkeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen utforskar arkeologiska källor till sociala praktiker och materiell kultur i det medeltida Uppsala. Ett stort antal föremål som insamlats vid tio av stadens större undersökningar mellan 1975 och 2000 har bearbetats i avhandlingen. LÄS MER