Sökning: "Urban sprawl"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade orden Urban sprawl.
1. Compact sprawl : Exploring public open space and contradictions in urban density
Sammanfattning : Twentieth century urbanization has left a tremendous footprint on the globe. It is generally speaking a spread out fragmented suburban and exurban landscape continuously growing according to what has been called sprawl-like development, increasing energy and automobile dependency, challenging urban sustainability. LÄS MER
2. Exploring Typologies, Densities & Spatial Qualities : The Case of Low-Income Housing in South Africa
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on problems that have resulted from the increasing pressure facing urban and suburban land use in South Africa, brought on by a number of different factors including the political and historical background of the country, as well as by rapid urbanization. The objective of this thesis is to present the perspectives applied in the analysis of the built environment in selected case studies, in which different theoretical and methodological approaches have been developed to address the research questions. LÄS MER
3. Housing clusters for densification within an upgrading strategy : the case of Kampala, Uganda
Sammanfattning : The process of urbanisation in the urban centres of most sub-Saharan African countries has been brought about by numerous factors including rural to urban migration, natural increase in population, and in-migration. In Uganda due to these factors the capital city Kampala is growing rapidly. LÄS MER
4. Urban Intensification in Metropolitan Khartoum : Influential Factors, Benefits and Applicability
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the theoretical and methodological implications involved in the policy framework needed to intensify urban residential areas in a developing country. Metropolitan Khartoum, Sudan, has been chosen as a case study. LÄS MER
5. Orter i stadens närhet
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines localities in the vicinity of cities, starting with Ekeby- Almby which is situated near Örebro. In the past twenty years, Ekeby- Almby has experienced vast sociodemographic changes. These lines of development give rise to a number of questions. LÄS MER