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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 1080 avhandlingar innehållade ordet city.

  1. 1. Stadens puls : En tidsgeografisk studie av hushåll och vardagsliv i Stockholm, 1760-1830

    Författare :Mats Hayen; Lars Nilsson; Christine Bladh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early-modern time; Household structure; Daily life; Structuration theory; Time-geography; History; Historia; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This study addresses the question of change in household structure and the reproduction of “life from day to day”. It is based on structuration theory, time-geography and Allan Pred’s theory of place as historically contingent process. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stadens ljus : Etableringen av de första svenska gasverken

    Författare :Arne Kaijser; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gas technology; 19th century Sweden; Public utilities; Urban technology; Infra-structure; Decision-making process; Technology transfer; History of technology; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The earliest Swedish gasworks, built around 1850 in Gothenburg, Norrköping and Stockholm, were the first public utilities in Sweden. The establishrnent of these gasworks forced the municipal authorities for the first time to make decisions concerning a complicated technical system - decisions which involved not only technical, but also financial, organizational and legal components. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Kulturstad/Stadskultur : idéer om kulturens värden i Malmös stadsomvandling 1990–2012

    Författare :Per Möller; Josefina Syssner; Erling Bjurström; Dorte Skot-Hansen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ideology critique; Cultural Policies; Malmö; Urban Renewal; Urban Regeneration; Ideologikritik; Kulturpolitik; Malmö; Stadsomvandling; Stadsutveckling;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation critically explores ideas about values of culture within the context of Malmö’s urban renewal (1990–2012). The story of Malmö’s development is typical of narratives about contemporary urban regeneration processes: Malmö is depicted as a crisis-ridden former industrial town which, through private and public efforts, is transformed into a dynamic urban centre within a knowledge-based, creative economy. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Imagining the Organic City : Modern Tropes of Organization

    Författare :Meike Schalk; Kenneth Olwig; Sven Olov Wallenstein; Helena Mattsson; M Christine Boyer; Faculty of Landscape Architecture Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU Alnarp; []
    Nyckelord :organic; organism; types; evolution; city; society; biology; Patrick Geddes; urban design; metabolism; organization;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis examines three ’organic tropes’ of modern architecture and urban design, addressing different crucial moments of change within modernist discourse. Attention is focused on the institutionalization of ‘town planning’ at the turn of the last century; the shift during the post-war years; and the beginning of urban debate in Japan during the early 1960s. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Den verkliga staden? : Norrköpings innerstad mellan urbana idéer och lokala identiteter

    Författare :Mats Brusman; Tora Friberg; Lars Kvarnström; Ola Wetterberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Town planning; place; transport; mindscapes; local identity; Stadsplanering; trafik; plats; mobilitet; mindscapes; lokal identitet; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies how city planning is affected by notions on urbanity and ideas of the value of local places. Empirically, the dissertation deals with the development of the city of Norrköping in the 1990’s and the early 2000’s. LÄS MER