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Shaping Runnable Routes. Evaluating Runnability in Gothenburg’s Urban Planning
(2025-11-03)This thesis examines runnability in Gothenburg, understood as the environmental and infrastructural conditions that support running as a regular physical activity. The aim is to evaluate the current state of runnability ... -
The rise and approach of agricultural land assessments in Swedish municipal planning
(2025-10-30)In response to a growing concern about the loss of cultivable agricultural land and identified shortcomings in how municipalities manage such land, many municipalities have begun conducting agricultural land assessments. ... -
Tvååkers mosse - A collaborative project in the development of a multifunctional landscape
(2025-10-02)Increased demands are being placed on sustainable land use development, and multifunctional landscapes have thus become a relevant issue in environmental management and planning (Boverket, 2020). Wetlands are areas that ... -
Consequences of Rural School Closures. Peripheralization in Rural Districts in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
(2025-09-16)Schools are often the last remaining welfare institution in rural areas, serving as both educational centers and community hubs that foster community resilience and social capital. When schools close, the effects on ... -
Cargo bike potential - Potential everyday use of cargo bikes, key enablers and barriers, the role of shared services, and methodologies for evaluating and realizing this potential.
(2025-08-14)Using a mixed methods approach consisting of expert interviews and the development of GIS-based methodologies, this thesis examines the potential of cargo bikes as a mode of transport for personal everyday use in a ... -
Perceived Safety in Pedestrian and Bicycle Tunnels. A Quantitative Study of Perceived safety in the Urban Context of Gothenburg, Sweden
(2025-08-01)This thesis explores how perceived safety is shaped in relation to pedestrian and bicycle tunnels in Gothenburg, with a focus on gender, place, and the urban environment. The study is based on a survey conducted both ... -
Social Sustainability in Waste Management Planner Perspectives on Public Participation in Implementation of Property-Close Waste Collection
(2025-06-26)This study examines how public participation is perceived, valued, and operationalized by municipal officials in the implementation of property-close collection (PCC) systems for packaging waste in Swedish municipalities. ... -
Planning neighbourhoods for local living. New Urbanism ideas in practice
(2023-11-20)This thesis explores the effect of New Urbanist planning theory on facilitating sustainable local living behaviours in inner city neighbourhoods. Drawing on the empirical evidence of two New Urbanist neighbourhoods in ... -
Teleworking and the Countryside. An explorative thesis regarding telework as an enabler for residential relocations and life in the countryside
(2023-08-04)The research on teleworking, and its spatial implications, is well explored. However, anticipations of a rising diffusion of teleworking never really got actualised, until a global pandemic emerged, and redrew the map of ... -
The effects of Covid-19 on young adults´outdoor recreation habits. A comparison between Sweden and Mexico
(2023-05-17)The Covid-19 pandemic, that became a global phenomenon in March 2020, has been causing disruptions globally and across all sectors. And, as nations around the world attempted to contain the spread, lockdowns and strong ... -
"They call us corona boys". A qualitative study of multilocal lifeworlds and social implications of multilocality during the Covid-19-pandemic in the area of Åre, Sweden
(2023-03-17)In accordance with contemporary scholars, the identified increase of urban-rural mobility during the pandemic testifies that multilocality, in terms of living an everyday life in more than one place, is gaining momentum ... -
The Conundrum of Planning the Sustainable City
(2022-11-11)According to the 11th sustainable development goal, cities should be developed in a democratic, sustainable, and inclusive way. A common planning strategy is the use of densification, which on one hand can lead to the ... -
Elderly’s everyday travel as an effect of the pandemic. Understanding travel in Gothenburg from a capability and gender approach
(2022-08-23)People's everyday travel changed dramatically when the world was affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. One group that has been particularly affected by the pandemic, not least by limiting their social contacts or avoiding ... -
The voluntary carless and their leisure mobility
(2022-08-17)In the strive to decrease car dependence, novel ways of thinking about mobility is needed. In this regard, much can be learned from those who voluntarily have refrained from car ownership. However, few studies have focused ... -
Environmentally friendly, or friendly environment? Exploring environmental sustainability as a motive for residential mobility
(2022-08-10)Considering worldwide urban growth, and the challenges involved concerning sustainable development, the aim of this thesis is to broaden knowledge about the drivers and motivations concerning intra-urban residential mobility. ... -
Where life happens. Proximity, everyday life strategies, and gender in the dense city
(2021-12-07)This thesis is about the everyday life in the dense city, and gendered aspects of the everyday. Drawing on the fact that many cities densify in order to increase sustainability, and that gender differences in terms of ... -
Space-Time Autonomy by Proximity - A Qualitative Study of Girls´ Accessibility by Proximity in Gothenburg
(2021-11-03)The urban city is a melting pot of different people, groups of people, experiences, desires, and strivings organized within a shared space and connected through a variety of networks. In this shared urban space, it is ... -
Nature is just around the corner. Exploring experiences along the way of everyday walks
(2021-06-23)With a growing interest in the potential sustainability and health benefits of walking and human-nature relations in urban areas, researchers have pointed out a need to consider the everyday settings people move around ... -
TIME FOR SHIFT CHANGE IN THE FABRIC OF EXISTENCE Exploring the role of darkness and artificial light for humans and biodiversity
(2021-06-23)Den här uppsatsen tar avstamp i förlusten av biologisk mångfald, och då specifik förlusten av biologisk mångfald på grund av överflödigt artificiellt ljus under dygnets mörka timmar, även kallat ljusföroreningar. Den ...
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