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The focus of this thesis is centered around the cemeteries in Stockholm city. As a form of arrangement and design of objects located on the land, the cemetery can be conceptualized as a landscape. Its distinct function, serving as a memorial space for the living and a final resting place for the deceased, adds layers of complexity. As such, the cemetery becomes a shared space for both the living a
Economic theory often suggests congestion pricing to smooth the demand for traffic from periods of high demand to periods with lower demand. However, the real-world implementation of con- gestion charges remains limited. This study investigates the relationship between time-varying congestion charges and traffic volumes. By applying a difference-in-difference (DiD) method on hourly level traffic d
This thesis builds on a case study of the car sharing company Volvo Car Mobility within the city of Stockholm, with the main purpose to answer how car sharing business models operate to enable socio-technical transitions in relation to transportation. The thesis stems from three sub-questions related to how the company captures value, how the city of Stockholm encourage mobility services and what
Metropolitan cities are increasingly becoming the undisputed centers of growth and innovation. This thesis investigates the driving forces of urban growth and innovation in the Swedish metropolitan cities from the 1980’s and onwards through a mixed method case study. The theories of Richard Florida, Enrico Moretti and Edward Glaeser are used to form three hypotheses of how cities attract high-skil
This paper investigates how housing and public transport planning in Stockholm has been integrated during the past 20 years through multi-level collaboration. Drawing upon how Stockholm has been portrayed in the literature on transit-oriented development (TOD), that is, as a successful case of integrated land use, housing and public transport planning, this paper suggests that multi-level collabor
The Independent Film Group – an experimental film co-op in 1950s Stockholm - is presented, as well as the formation of a discourse on experimental film.
Alexandra Kollontai was the Soviet ambassador to Sweden in the years1930 to 1945. In Sweden she gained many friends in the peace- and women’s movement and among these were several female physicians. This article describes and investigates the friendships between Swedish female physicians and Alexandra Kollontai. The three physicians focused on are Ada Nilsson (1872–1964), Andrea Andreen (1888–1972
The cumulative growth that the market of automobiles has seen since the end of the second world war, has had a major impact on both the way we plan our societies and in the way we live our lives. In Sweden from 1950 to 1960, car-ownership increased five-fold, making it the most car-dense country in Europe at the time – bringing along with it major car-centric urban renewal schemes, such as ‘Norrma
The challenge to limit global warming to 1.5°C requires substantial transitions in cities. Shifting consumer behaviours, property use and development are necessary to meet urban housing shortages and ensure a liveable future. Isolation and loneliness are increasing in cities and with the rise of the sharing economy system, traditional ways of living are questioned. While shared housing is nothing
Cities exhibit a rich and complex heterogeneity in people and activities. This poses a sizable challenge for planners when planning new neighbourhoods or the reconstruction of old ones as well as when considering the allocation of supply of and demand for amenities, e.g. kindergartens or health facilities. However, individual preferences may also exhibit common denominators that may provide struct
A statistical analysis of amplitudes corresponding to multipath components in outdoor (urban/suburban) channels is presented. The study is based on short-term complex impulse response measurements conducted in Stockholm at 1.88 GHz carrier frequency with 5 MHz bandwidth. The actual investigations show that the Rice distribution gives the best fitting in the Kramer-von-Mises sense. Further it is sh
This Master’s thesis examines the outcomes of the new Free Choice policy with particular emphasis on whether giving residents the right to choose their providers of primary health care leads to a more equal distribution of primary health care accessibility. This study is based on the Secondary Analysis of assessment for vårdval (choice of health system) in Stockholm by Karolinska Institute (2010),
