Sökning: "urban redevelopment"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden urban redevelopment.

  1. 1. 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. 2. Engagement in urban planning as a consequence of trust : an explorative study of the Slussen redevelopment project opposition

    Författare :Sofie Rådestad; Tigran Haas; Matthew Carmona; Kristina Grange; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :Stockholm; trust; urban planning; power; Slussen; redevelopment; public space; public interest; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This study is about the phenomenon of trust as applied in urban planning processes. The study views this concept through the lens of “the opposition” – the dissenting voices to the official narratives of urban planning projects. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Politik och stadsbyggande : Modernismen och byggnadslagstiftningen

    Författare :Monica Andersson; Rune Premfors; Bo Bengtsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Historical institutionalism; formative moment; path dependence; learning; bureaucratic power; professions; groupthink; empire-building; modernist urban planning; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is to describe, understand and explain the role of modernism in Swedish urban planning, and analyze if modernist urban planning ideas influenced building legislation in ways that can explain the structural changes of our cities during post-war period. Earlier epochs were characterized by intense construction of working-class housing in garden cities and large courtyard housing blocks with double-sided lighting in residences. LÄS MER

  5. 4. 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

  7. 5. Unsettled City: Neoliberal redevelopment, state crisis, slum resettlement & biopolitical struggle in Mumbai

    Författare :Rishi Jha; Social utsatthet och ojämlikhet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban redevelopment; Dispossession; Governmentality; Bio-necro-politics; Bureaucracy; Slum; Resettlement; Mumbai;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation concerns capitalist urban redevelopment and the government of urban housing poverty. It examines the ways urban redevelopment regimes shape resettlements and governance of urban populations in Mumbai. LÄS MER