Searched for: subject%3A%22socio%255C-economic%22
(1 - 20 of 24)

Pages

document
Bons, Marjolein (author)
The Corona crisis highly affected socio-economic circumstances, and this was expected to have changed housing preferences. Understanding what needs to be built in quality in addition to quantity is key to a sustainable housing market. Hence, this thesis researched whether and how housing preferences of (aspiring) owner occupiers in the Dutch...
master thesis 2021
document
Gutiérrez Sepúlveda, R.A. (author)
This thesis reviews the effectiveness of Chilean Regulatory Plans (Regional, Metropolitan and Municipal) to counter act Santiago’s socio economic segregation patterns. Particular types of segregation, country’s housing policy, Santiago’s land market dynamics and transport & infrastructure investments are analyzed to allow identify what is...
master thesis 2012
document
Tejedor Galindo, F.H. (author)
In a globalized world, the rapid development in digital technologies and finance has enabled the successful growth of Airbnb around the world. The basic idea behind this growth is to take advantage of the underused assets —houses, apartments, or rooms and to profit from them. The spectacular growth in main cities has caused the social fabric of...
master thesis 2020
document
Lewis, Donovan (author)
The general concept and meaning of mobility have been changing and evolving since the start of mankind. Mobility has become more than getting from point A to B. Mobility is changing from solely being a means to reach a specific goal into being a goal on its own. PwC also realized this. However, at this moment PwC has no vision to do something...
master thesis 2019
document
Van Berkel, S.L. (author)
Urban project to stop/ slow down the displacement process of socio-economic weaker classes in the city of Newark. This context is particularly interesting, as the authorities in the USA are quite weak, and therefor stand virtually powerless to this process taking place.
master thesis 2010
document
Barnard, Mia (author)
Namibia has been home to some of the world’s oldest ethnic groups since the dawn of civilization. One of these cultures is the Himba, often referred to as ‘the last true pastoral nomads’ of Africa. They are known for inhabiting the water scarce desert region of Kunene in Namibia for centuries. Now, various factors, including climate change and...
master thesis 2023
document
Dalinghaus, Martijn (author)
On September 6th 2017 hurricane Irma hit the island of Sint Maarten leaving 90% of the build environment destroyed and the tourist based economy to collapse. Funding for reconstruction stagnated due to corruption and a lack of proper building materials and building knowledge leads to poor reconstruction. Especially the poorer communities are...
master thesis 2020
document
Selezneva, E. (author)
The present research takes on qualitative issues such as urban vitality and quality of urban life from an angle of spatial centrality. The discussion is going around the two main concepts – the concept of urban vitality and the notion of spatial centrality and the footprint it leaves on the functional and structural organizations of cities.
master thesis 2011
document
Dewan, Rahul (author)
Rapid urbanization triggers in short term or long term highly advanced economy but at the same time create sectors of poor/neglected neighborhoods or communities in our urban environment that faces the hardest challenge to response and recover in the face of climate change variables. The administrative responses to a climate disaster are...
master thesis 2017
document
Shapiro, Ohad (author)
The place of urban low-income populations is increasingly coming under threat in the modern and globalized city - as urban centers are becoming more prominent and attractive parts of society and economy, and the addressal of poverty more socially prominent, questions and actions taken in this context increase the pressures on these vulnerable...
master thesis 2022
document
Hahn Menacho, Álvaro (author)
Concentrated Solar Power is one of the renewable energy technologies with the potential for satisfying the future energy demand in a sustainable way, mitigating climate change and reducing the current dependence on fossil fuels. Regarding the deployment of this technology, China and Europe are two regions playing a forefront role in the present...
master thesis 2020
document
Pries, Eelkje (author)
Improved liveability in the neighbourhoods Spangen, Tussendijken and Bospolder is desirable. A more socio-economically diverse population partly contributes to this. Gentrification makes wealthier residents move into the neighbourhoods in a short period of time. Yet, it causes a decrease in affordable housing and a chance of the disappearing of...
master thesis 2022
document
Farrokhseresht, M. (author)
This thesis is aiming for proposing spatio-functional interventions, which facilitates the promotion of the socio-economic status of the deprived neighborhoods of Rotterdam South. According to the literature review and analysis in spatial, social and economical aspect, some patterns are proposed which are aiming for multi-scale and multi-layer...
master thesis 2015
document
Balat, P. (author)
The project investigates how to include the low-income groups into wealth-generating economic structures of the city and how to increase their use of the socio-economically advantaged urban locations. The investigation is carried out through re-organization and production of urban and architectural space and it aims to bring together questions...
master thesis 2011
document
Smits, A. (author)
Favela Dique da Vila Gilda is located in a complex region, having large areas of valuable natural environments which are put under pressure by the rapid urbanization processes. The slum areas in the region, among other Vila Gilda, are together with the industrial areas the main polluters of the environments. In turn, this is also affecting the...
master thesis 2015
document
Kroon, J.M. (author)
The Sustainable Highway, consisting of a transparent canopy of cold bendable laminated glass, is a potential solution to negative effects of road traffic. It can be placed over the highway and uses several sub-systems to reduce noise nuisance, local air pollution as well as the emission of CO2. As a consequence of this reduction, spatial...
master thesis 2010
document
Subba Rao, Sumanth (author)
In this graduation project, I have tried to focus on the aspects of socio-economic development and resilience to sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay region. The comparison is between two cases namely East Palo Alto and Foster City which has a variable difference in their socio–economic the system in terms of the communities that it hosts and...
master thesis 2017
document
Meko, Yadie (author)
The main objective of the project “Addis Ababa Living Lab” is to improve the livelihood of Addis Ababa’s urban dwellers using transdisciplinary approaches of analysis, planning and design. The approach incorporated in-depth understanding of social, economic and technological needs of the inner city neighbourhoods. To achieve this goal, the...
master thesis 2020
document
Böing, Donald (author)
In the last decennia, the world has seen a staggering increase in urbanization in coastal areas. Socio-economic pressure in coastal areas is increasing, while extreme weather events become more common. This thesis focuses on the development of coastal areas in order to combat the rising threats of flood risk and socio-economic pressure. Through...
master thesis 2018
document
van Dijk, Jolijn (author)
With the increasing transition to battery electric vehicles (EVs) and concerns about the capacity of the existing electrical infrastructure, the need for effective grid capacity management has become apparent. The V2X innovation, also known as bidirectional charging, has potential to enable EVs to interact with the electricity grid for various...
master thesis 2023
Searched for: subject%3A%22socio%255C-economic%22
(1 - 20 of 24)

Pages