This master thesis is a study of how city cemeteries can be used and contributes to a socially sustainable Urban development. Today sustainable development and sustainable Urban development is something that more or less every organization is working with. Therefore it is also relevant to integrate our cemeteries in this work so that they can become a part of the sustainable Urban development process.The thesis gives a basic understanding of sustainability as a concept and also defines socially sustainable (Urban) development. The work then immerse itself in various types of park structures and how the relationship between the human individual and the public space work, to satisfy the needs that different people have.The literature study that has been made is also the base for the design of the walking interview that has been made for the two city cemeteries. The cemeteries that where studied where the Assistens cemetery in Copenhagen and the Eastern cemetery in Gothenburg.

This thesis is a cultural theoretical case study of the art project (O)önskad samhällsförbättring.Via an analysis of the project, that is based on theories of power, resistance and contemporaryUrban development, it examines the construction of Urban space, its impact on public art including the ability of art to initiate evolvement of the Urban public space.The last decades art has plaid an important role in what is called the creative city; to become attractive nodal points of the global economy, larger cities increasingly invest in art,culture and creative industry. Simultaneously the Urban public space is limited to activitiesand expressions of art that are presumed to create economic growth. This introduces animpression of what is allowed and what is not allowed, possible and not possible, wished andnot wished which, as a consequence, evolves the public space. The events during the artproject and the reactions that followed enlightened these limitations. This tells a story, not only about the structuring process of the local Urban space, but also important changes that are created as a simultaneous effect at different levels in society, as well locally as globally.

This thesis aims to study the effects of the infrastructure project Västlänken in Gothenburg, a rail tunnel to be built through the city center. The study focuses on the community of Haga where one of the three exits will be constructed and also the surrounding Urban environment, to see if the project can be sustainable. Sustainable Urban development was selected as the theory, and the term "sustainable" is defined in this study using a number of criteria that two scientists developed. The criteria include economic, ecological and social perspectives on how a place or a geographical area can meet today's needs as well as possible needs in the future. The methods used were semi-structured interviews and content analysis of government documents. Interviews were conducted with various institutions in the city, and companies involved in the planning of the project in Gothenburg.

This thesis is a cultural theoretical case study of the art project (O)önskad samhällsförbättring.Via an analysis of the project, that is based on theories of power, resistance and contemporaryUrban development, it examines the construction of Urban space, its impact on public art including the ability of art to initiate evolvement of the Urban public space.The last decades art has plaid an important role in what is called the creative city; to become attractive nodal points of the global economy, larger cities increasingly invest in art,culture and creative industry. Simultaneously the Urban public space is limited to activitiesand expressions of art that are presumed to create economic growth. This introduces animpression of what is allowed and what is not allowed, possible and not possible, wished andnot wished which, as a consequence, evolves the public space. The events during the artproject and the reactions that followed enlightened these limitations. This tells a story, not only about the structuring process of the local Urban space, but also important changes that are created as a simultaneous effect at different levels in society, as well locally as globally.

Upgift: att bygga en Urban byggnad i Högalidsparken vid Hornsbruksgatan.Idén att bygga i en park är provokativ pga ett starkt intrång i stadens publika liv. Stadsparker har inte endast rekreationsrollen, de är också publika platser: platser för motion, lek, idrott, föreställningar, möten osv. Och i detta projekt - för arbete och boende dessutom.Förslagets mål är att skapa en struktur som suddar bort ett kraftigt avbrott mellan parken och gatan och förenar dem och samtidigt har ett rikt programmatiskt innehåll; att skapa ett attraktivt och eftertraktat publikt rum på taken och ett flexibelt privat rum under det..

European cities of today are under the challenge to find ways to stay competitive and flourish in a rapidly changing world, where the old patterns of centrality and periphery not necessarily holds true. New and improved communication networks, a changed political geography in Europe, and the globalisation of not only the financial and industrial markets but also to a certain extent the globalisation of people, have all led to great challenges for cities and regions.In a changed spatial reality the classic monocentric models are challenged by newer models of Urbanisation. The polycentric Urban region is one such model which has been used to describe Urban regions like the Randstad in the Netherlands and the Rhein-Ruhr region in Germany. Regions which lack the single dominant central city of the monocentric models of old, and instead shows a high degree of more equal-sized and sometimes more specialised cities in regional cooperation. The polycentric Urban region is in that aspect a possible model for how other Urbanised regions in Europe may act to be able to position themselves as attractive Urban regions and regional hubs in the European Urban network.Polycentric Urban regions are not a universal solution, though.

Projektet avser att undersöka hur en byggnad som ska möta en divers användning i Urban miljö kan dela på resurser. Projektet avser att fungera som en tvärprogrammerad yta där olika användare växelverkar med sina aktiviteter över dygnets timmar likt ett stafettlopp där avlämningen blir en spännande kontaktyta. De kommersiella aktiviteterna över dagen ska samtidigt kunna fungera som allmän service på kvällstid. Kontaktytan för detta ska verka främjande för spontan social kontakt för både boende passerande och arbetande..

There are many barriers and obstacles that need to be removed to make the Urban environment more accessible for people with disabilities. There are currently no adequate tools for Urban planners to assess and address these obstacles. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide powerful methods for the visualization and analysis of spatial data, including the kind of data important in studies of accessibility. This study suggests a method Urban planners can use to identify accessibility obstacles and to propose future actions to fix them.A literature review was conducted to find out what has been done and what is new regarding the accessibility issues. Different methods were evaluated which in turn led to the construction of a multi-step analytical strategy.

An increasing global population and a worldwide growing Urbanization has raised the questionabout the future food security in cities all over the world. Peak-oil limits the access to cheap fossilfuels which threatens the global food-supply chain. This has resulted in a larger awareness anddiscussion related to Urban agriculture. Growing crops and keeping animals within the city-borderscould be one way of creating a more robust and sustainable food supply for city dwellers. However,to enable an expansion of the Urban agriculture many theorists argue that policies and institutionalstructures that supports and promotes city farming have to be developed.

The prevailing Urban migration is a worldwide process. This results in growing cities and a diminishing proportion of people living in the countryside. As the Urbanization continues a large amount of the world?s population is expected to live in Urban settlements of informal character by 2050. Green Belt has for many years been used to control Urban growth and to secure the sustention of larger green areas around towns and cities.

This thesis is a critical discourse analysis of the vision of Malmös contemporary Urban development. By analysing official documents produced by Malmö municipality our aim is to make discursive and sociolcultural practices in the constitution and construction of the city visible and problematicize them. To do so we use critical discourse analysis and theories on Urban Studies. Malmö is a city historically labeld as a ?labour- city?, with heavy industry as its main labourmarket.

Mitt arbete innefattar en "Urban building" med bostadsrätter och kontor där utgångspunkten har varit cykeln då jag ansett den vara det mest stadsmässiga elementet. Placeringen för byggnaden är Hornsbruksgatan på Södermalm där det med projektet blir till 130 nya bostäder och 1200 kvm kontor som är väl anpassade för cykling såväl som cyklister..

Using the example of 55 former towns in Greater Poland, the author investigates the belief thattowns formerly deprived of town privileges are the most likely to be qualified as future formalUrban entities. This paper approaches the subject of Urban deprivation and restitution with amultiaspectual study of the concept of Urbanity. Since a preponderance of Polish degraded townspossess a prominent Urban physical structure, the study focuses mainly on Urban morphology as acontributing factor to Urbanity. Other approaches include the central place theory, demographicconditions and the role of Urban perception. Taking into account Poland?s shifting geopoliticalhistory the study also seeks to identify and explain spatial patterns of varying degrees of Urbanityamong the studied towns.

Urban density is not new, but rather one side of the continous processes of change underway in the city. During the Urbanizing boom of the industrialization, when the cities grew bigger, the first spaces to be built on were vacant and planted areas in the interior of the district. The gardens that once were there were replaced by yardhouses. The idea of Urban density is that a dense city means less distance between residential areas and workplaces, resulting in fewer shipments and travelers, which ultimately leads to lower energy consumption and lower emissions. Urban density may lead to shorter distances, but not necessarily. In the wake of Urban density the greenstructures of the city is shattered. The possibilities for green areas to contribute to the health of the city and its inhabitants is dramatically reduced.

The right to the city has lately become the rallying cry for many Urban social movements all over the world to challenge neoliberal planning, gentrification, the privatization of Urban commons and growing spatial and social gaps in city and society. This senior essay studies Urban social movements that in different ways advocate the idea of the right to the city. The term right to the city was coined in the late 1960s by French Urban theorist Henri Lefebvre, who promoted the idea of the city as a common, a space belonging to everyone. The right to the city is not ?a return to traditional cities?, but ?a right to Urban life? (1996:158).This study focuses on the city of Hamburg.