Sökning: "Key Urban Projects"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade orden Key Urban Projects.
1. New urban horizons in Africa : A critical analysis of changing land uses in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
2. Sköra stadslandskap: planeringsmetoder för att öppna urbaniseringens rumsliga inlåsningar
Sammanfattning : Spatial lock-ins may hinder the physical environment from adapting to new conditions and thereby risk to inhibit necessary change in society and reproduce current structures.This process reinforces uneven geographic development and urban interpretive prerogative. LÄS MER
3. Urban Mobility Transitions : Governing through Experimentationin Bristol and New York City
Sammanfattning : Transitions away from car-dominance is one of the key debates in urban research, policy and practice today. Car-free public space, cycling and convenient public transport services are widely seen as desirable, yet the reconfiguration of our streets and transport networks has been incremental. LÄS MER
4. Towards sustainable urban transportation : Test, demonstration and development of fuel cell and hybrid-electric buses
Sammanfattning : Several aspects make today’s transport system non-sustainable: • Production, transport and combustion of fossil fuels lead to global and local environmental problems. • Oil dependency in the transport sector may lead to economical and political instability. LÄS MER
5. Urbana nyckelprojekt: Planeringsverktyg för sköra stadslandskap
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates and develops Key urban projects as planning tools in urban transformation processes. Of particular interest here is the relevance for what the text defines as Fragile Urban Landscapes, e.g. LÄS MER