Browsing Treballs d'estudiants by Subject "72"
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The scales of attachment: exploring territory attachment at Nahr el-Bared refugee camp and the mechanisms to overcome transience
(2018-05-22)Refugee camps, as emergency responses, embodies a hall of characteristics marked by the permanent temporariness. However, they gradually evolve, becoming informal urban settlements. Nahr el-Bared, the ... -
“Smart city? What address are you looking for?” Perception and participation in India’s smart cities through the case of Pune
(2017-05-25)India’s Smart Cities Mission aims to improve the quality of life in 100 of its cities through a citizen-centric and all-inclusive strategy of physical, social, institutional and economic infrastructure. ... -
Social and physical integration of refugees: comparing models of urban integration in Barcelona and Athens
(2018-05-28)The current humanitarian crisis in the Middle-East has enhanced the long process of forced migration over the last decades. The effect of this massive emigration has affected the physical nature of the ... -
Spaces of cultural exchange: integration of migrant communities in urban life through commoning practices in Athens
(2019-05-20)Greece is a country with a large number of immigrant populations having various integration needs. To a large extent, these needs are covered by facilities open to migrant communities that help them ... -
Supercultura: espacio cultural en la superilla de Poblenou
(2021-06-29)El proyecto que aquí se propone se enmarca en el modelo de supermanzanas planteado por el arquitecto Salvador Rueda, el cual abre nuevo espacio peatonal uniendo nueve de las tradicionales manzanas del ... -
Supporting self-recovery in post-conflict situations: insights from Syria
(2020-06-08)Self-recovery shelter support is a modality of humanitarian aid which remains illdefined and misunderstood despite the many aid organizations that attempt to undertake this work. Of the existing knowledge ... -
Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS): a neighbourhood scale approach for urban stormwater management. The case of Bon Pastor, Barcelona
(2019-05-20)The increase of floods and the inability of aging sewage infrastructure to deal with stormwater retention led Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) to be one of the emerging paradigms for urban ... -
The temporal migrant city: a study on the relationship between sub-saharan migrants and the city of Algiers
(2019-05-20)Over the last fifteen years, there has been an increase in migratory flows of West Africans to Maghreb and Europe. Studies indicate that the trans-Saharan migration to the Maghreb region by sub-Saharan ... -
Toward a community resilience assessment: exploring fertile soils in the spanish context
(2017-05-18)Over the last few years, the concept of resilience has been increasingly used in scientific and policy circles. In particular, the focus on the potential role played by communities in enhancing resilience ... -
Towards preventative urban health resilience: a case study of Cairo’s heliopolis
(2020-06-08)The increasing prevalence of diseases in urban populations caused by poor living conditions and social inequities is a major concern for cities and their dwellers alike. This concern has become even ... -
Waiting in non-places: the spatialization of discourses in Mexico’s migrant integration centres
(2020-06-08)Over the last few decades, the process of labelling migrants and refugees has become increasingly politicized. And yet, these labels imply access (or lack thereof) to resources, rights and protections ... -
What is the future of a city center after an earthquake? A case study of the reconstruction process of Portoviejo, Ecuador
(2019-05-20)The lack of coordination between national and municipal government entities, and the always-changing nature of their policies tend to create contradictory scenarios in reconstruction processes. This ... -
Where are the NGOs? A case study of State-Led urban upgrading processes in Medellin, Colombia
(2019-05-20)The focus of this thesis is the role NGOs have taken in response to government led urban upgrading processes in the context of Latin America. As more local governments in the region have adopted integration ...