Sökning: "urban revitalization"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden urban revitalization.

  1. 1. Vestiges of urban spirit : Isfahan's urban fabric through socio-spatial transformations

    Författare :Mohammad Sarraf; Reza Kazemian; Sussan Babaie; Ali Madanipour; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Isfahan; Urban Fabric; Socio-spatial Communication; Urban Identity; Urban Transformation; Urban Renewal; Urban Form; Urban Design; اصفهان ، طراحی شهری ، فرم شهری ، دگرگونی های کالبدی ، هویت شهری ، بازسازی شهری; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

    Sammanfattning : The city of Isfahan, one of the most historic urban settlements in Iran, has undergone dramatic socio-spatial transformations during the recent decades, beginning with the modernization programs of the 1920s. While the urban structure of Isfahan was the outcome of a process over centuries of incremental evolution, a new mode of place making and street patterns was imposed on the historic fabric of the city within the space of only a few decades. LÄS MER

  3. 2. City Re-Making Approaches in Contemporary Urbanism : “Re-Urbanism” as a Strategy for the Revitalization of Detroit and Declining Cities

    Författare :Ryan Locke; Tigran Haas; Michael Mehaffy; David Brain; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Re-Urbanism; urban decline; urban revitalization; Placemaking; Detroit; urbanism; public space; Landscape Urbanism; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : Many cities today are experiencing extreme widespread urban decline, at a time when urban growth and revitalization are prioritized on the agenda. This dissertation examines a number of prominent urban revitalization strategies for declining cities, specifically highlighting the emblematic case of Detroit as a research subject. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Urban policies for a contemporary periphery : Insights from eastern Russia

    Författare :Vasileios Kitsos; Zhanna Kravchenko; Lisa Kings; Sasha Tsenkova; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urbanism; global city; globalizing city; globalization; post-socialism; policy mobility; mega-events; boosterism; urban regeneration; corporate social responsibility; participatory planning; Russia; Siberia; Asia-Pacific region; contemporaneity; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : In recent decades, the notion of quality of life has been closely associated with the built urban environment and urbanistic practice. Policies addressing public space and aiming at cities’ increased international competitiveness are proliferating. LÄS MER

  5. 4. A Rhythm that Connects my Heart with God : Worship, Ritual and Pentecostal Spirituality as Theology

    Författare :Martina Prosén; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pentecostal spirituality; Pentecostal theology; Charismatic Liturgy; Worship; Praise and Worship; Ritualization; Embodiment; Theologizing; Transformation; Progressive Pentecostalism; Nairobi; Kenya; African Church Music; Pentecostal dance; Pentecostal dress; Pentecostal music; Pentecostal use of Scripture; Oral theology; Sung theology; Empirical methods in theology; Mavuno Church; Christ is The Answer Ministries; CITAM;

    Sammanfattning : This qualitative theological study seeks to shed light on pentecostal theology and spirituality through an investigation of worship as it is practiced in two urban pentecostal-charismatic churches in Nairobi, Kenya. The empirical data serve as a springboard for theological construction and interpretation from a pentecostal perspective. LÄS MER