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1. 16. New urban horizons in Africa : A critical analysis of changing land uses in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

   Författare :Lena Fält; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Jennifer Robinson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; African cities; urban redevelopment; urban informality; urban land use; urban planning; spatial governance; new cities; evictions; socio-spatial segregation; qualitative case studies; fieldwork; critical urban theory; governmentality; post-colonial urban theory; Accra; Ghana; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   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

3. 17. Praxitopia : How shopping makes a street vibrant

   Författare :Devrim Umut Aslan; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Shopping; Consumption; Place; Cities; Practice Theory; Video Ethnography;

   Sammanfattning : During recent decades, shopping’s geographical manifestations have altered radically and the presumed ‘death’ of town centre retailing has become a public concern. The social, cultural, and economic backgrounds of this decentralisation of retail and its effects on city life have been studied comprehensively. LÄS MER

4. 18. Linking functional traits and cultural ecosystem services in urban areas through human preferences

   Författare :Julie Goodness; Erik Andersson; Thomas Elmqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Functional traits; ecosystem services; cultural ecosystem services; urban; cities; human perception; preferences; ecosystem management; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling; Sustainability Science;

   Sammanfattning : Urban areas are now the daily lived experience for the majority of the world’s people, and it is therefore important to explore what kind of ecological communities and corresponding ecosystem functions and services are being generated in these environments. Urban areas are shaped by a variety of factors, but arguably one of the most influential is that of people, in terms of how their preferences and active selective choices for biota play out in the landscape. LÄS MER

5. 19. Färger, former, ljus : Svensk reklam och reklampsykologi, 1900-1930

   Författare :Louise Nilsson; Torbjörn Gustafsson-Chorell; Anders Lundgren; Roger Qvarsell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; modernity; advertising; advertisement; light advertisement; shop window; visual culture; cultural studies; cities; commercial culture; consumers; consumption; advertising campaign; spectator; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the rise of an advertisement business in Sweden and the breakthrough of advertising psychology as a field of knowledge. The aim of the investigation is to show first, how the advertising landscape changed in Sweden and, second, how technologies were used in designing the different forms of advertisement that became integrated into media and public environments, during the period 1900-1930. LÄS MER

7. 20. Energy and urban design : Comparison between theory and projects

   Författare :Elisabetta Troglio; Lidia Diappi; Stefano Pareglio; Diap - Department of Architecture and Planning Politecnico di Milano; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; energy; cities; development; evaluation; SRA - Energy; SRA - Energi;

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