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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Urban Restructuring"”.
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Making place through urban restructuring : the case of Mthatha
… It is within this context that I propose the restructuring of Mthatha, informed by ideas drawn from Place Theory, Contextualism and Collage City as well as Dynamic City/ Minimalism. Through these propositions, I show that it is possible to regain the qualities of a place through minimalist …
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Urban restructuring in Cape Town: Redeveloping the Culemborg Rail Yards
… - can initiate and contribute to much needed urban restructuring in the city. In recent years, the redevelopment of these areas has been a favourite topic for urban planners and architects in Cape Town. Countless schemes have been proposed, yet none have gained traction. This project's …
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Assessing shopping mall led urban restructuring in Lusaka: location factors and key actors.
… the location of shopping malls and the resulting urban restructuring that has taken place in Lusaka. It was guided by three objectives; to evaluate the factors that determine the location of shopping malls; to identify the key actors in the location of shopping malls; and to assess the urban …
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An approach to urban restructuring and intensification in Cape Town: the case of Wingfield
Patterns of urban growth in South African cities reflect high levels of socio-economic inequalities, which are exacerbated by rapid population growth and urbanization. These conditions are experienced by many of South Africa's major cities, including Cape Town. The focus is on the inequitable and …
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Liberty and Security in an Austere City: Security Politics and Urban Restructuring in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit
… few have explored how this moment of intense urban restructuring helped to reinforce security as a vital pillar of the city’s revitalization strategy. In response to this gap in scholarship, this dissertation explores highly experimental, post-bankruptcy securitization efforts with an …
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Alienated Social Reproduction: A study on the politics of neoliberal urban restructuring in Leipzig, East Germany
This thesis untangles the influence of neoliberal urban restructuring on political polarization in Leipzig, East Germany, and demonstrates how in turn the local, politicized relations of tenants marked by solidarities, fragmentation and authoritarianism, impact urban restructuring. Uncovering the …
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Navigating Climate and Urban Change: Development Patterns, Conflicts, and Equity in a Sub-Arctic and Post-Socialist City
… enhance resilience. However, as another form of urban restructuring, climate adaptation and resilience projects have inadequately addressed vulnerability and the risk of reproducing inequitable outcomes. Simultaneously, urbanization dynamics reshape cities, intensifying vulnerability through …
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The Winnipeg core area initiative : a case study in urban revitalisation
… perhaps the most complex challenge faced by urban planners today. This dissertation explores the role of planning in urban restructuring by providing a critical empirical investigation into a major Canadian tripartite planning intervention that spans a decade -- The Winnipeg Core Area …
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Manufactured landscape : strategies for peri-urbanism in Dongguan
… Open Door Policy has brought about a series of urban restructuring of cities in the Pearl River Delta of China. The Peri Urban fabric of the these cities are formed as a result of complex orchestration of urban processes. In particular, rural hinterland are increasing being exploited as a vacuum …
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Urban densification, social capital, and domestic energy demand: Neighbourhood restructuring in Jinan City, China
The urban population in China has grown from around 190 million in 1980 to over 800 million in 2020 – this is about twice the total population of the United States and 1.5 times the total population of the European Union. Driven by policy, China’s rapid urbanisation has gone hand-in-hand with …
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Critique and Neoliberalism's Critics: Art, Activism, and Uncertainty in Post-Recession Dublin
… of the ‘social turn’ in contemporary art and urban development, and of how they understand and deal with uncertainty in the context of one of the EU’s most speculative economies. In particular, I explore how they build alternative spaces and communities in often hidden and ad-hoc squats, …
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People as platforms digital subjection and resistance among taxi drivers in Delhi, India
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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The dynamics of contingency: neoliberal redevelopment governance in Chicago and Buenos Aires
… and has come to profoundly influence mainstream urban politics. This project seeks to understand these formations from a comparative vantage-point, focusing on the global cities of Chicago and Buenos Aires. The study critically interrogates these governances to determine the degree to which they …
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The temporal dynamics of neoliberal redevelopment governance and the restructuring of urban space: Chicago's Bronzeville (1989 - present)
… (2005-present) periods of neoliberal restructuring in this setting and, perhaps, beyond. Although the wider literature acknowledges the spatial contingency of neoliberal redevelopment governance, temporal contingencies within the same city remain comparatively less explored. In this …