The Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV) is a 16-hectare urban renewal redevelopment project of the Queensland Department of Housing and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Over the last century, the land has housed military and educational institutions that have shaped Brisbane and Queensland. These groups each have their own history. Collectively their stories represented an opportunity to build a multi-art form public history project, consisting of a creative non-fiction historical manuscript and a collection of digital stories (employing oral history and digital storytelling techniques in particular) to construct a personal sense of place, identity and history. This exegesis examines the processes used and difficulties faced by the writer/producer of the public history; including consideration of the artistic selection involved, and consequent assembly of the material. The research findings clearly show that: giving contributors access to the technology required to produce their own digital stories in a public history does not automatically equate to total participatory inclusion; the writer/producer can work with the public as an active, collaborative team to produce shared historically significant works for the public they represent; and the role of the public historian is that of a valuable broker--in actively seeking to maximize inclusiveness of vulnerable members of the community and by producing a selection of multi-art form works with the public that includes new media.

This case study examines the factors that shaped the identity and landscape of a small island-urban-village between the north and south forks of the Middle River and north of an urban area in Broward County, Florida. The purpose of the study is to understand how Wilton Manors was transformed from a “whites only” enclave to the contemporary upscale, diverse, and third gayest city in the U.S. by positing that a dichotomy for urban places exists between their exchange value as seen by Logan and Molotch and the use value produced through everyday activity according to Lefebvre. Qualitative methods were used to gather evidence for reaching conclusions about the relationship among the worldview of residents, the tension between exchange value and use value in the restructuration of the city, and the transformation of Wilton Manors at the end of the 1990s. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 21 contemporary participants. In addition, thirteen taped CDs of selected members of founding families, previously taped in the 1970s, were analyzed using a grounded theory approach. My findings indicate that Wilton Manors’ residents share a common worldview which incorporates social inclusion as a use value, and individual agency in the community. This shared worldview can be traced to selected city pioneers whose civic mindedness helped shape city identity and laid the foundation for future restructuration. Currently, residents’ quality of life reflected in the city’s use value is more significant than exchange value as a primary force in the decisions that are made about the city’s development. With innovative ideas, buildings emulating the new urban mixed-use design, and a reputation as the third gayest city in the United States, Wilton Manors reflects a worldview where residents protect use value as primary over market value in the decisions they make that shape their city but not without contestation.

Studien handlar om hållbar utveckling med utgångspunkt i stadsutveckling där byggandet idag står för en stor del av klimatförändringarna vilket är något som behöver åtgärdas enligt Agenda 2030. Att bygga hållbart är en förutsättning för att minimera klimatförändringarna.Grön Stadsby är ett förslag i en motion från Centerpartiet i Växjö kommun för en hållbar stadsutveckling med de globala målen Agenda 2030 och Växjös hållbarhetsprogram som utgångspunkt. Syftet med studien var att göra en fördjupning av den Gröna Stadsbyns kriterier samt att ta fram ett förslag på en gestaltning i from av en illustrationsplan. Målet var att få en bebyggelse med en så låg klimatpåverkan som möjligt som även uppfyller kriterierna för en Grön Stadsby i motionen.Insamling av data skedde genom studier av artiklar, avhandlingar, rapporter, dokument, GIS-analyser av kartor samt intervjuer med sakkunniga personer inom området. Resultatet av insamlingen visar att en viktig förutsättning för en Grön Stadsby är att den har en låg klimatpåverkan och i övrigt kan uppfylla de globala målen för en hållbar stadsutveckling. Det framtagna förslaget på en Grön stadsby visar att en sådan mycket väl kan byggas och utvecklas i Jonsboda, en plats i Växjö kommun där kommunen själv föreslår att en Grön Stadsby skulle kunna förläggas. / The study is about sustainable development based on urban development where construction today accounts for a large part of climate change, which is something that needs to be addressed according to Agenda 2030. Building sustainable is a prerequisite for mitigating climate change.Green Urban Village is a proposal in a motion from the Center Party in Växjö Municipality for a sustainable urban development with the global goals Agenda 2030 and the sustainability program of Växjö as a starting point. The purpose of this study was to make an in-depth study of the Green Urban Village criteria and a proposal for a design in devotion of an illustration plan. The goal was to get a settlement with as low a climate impact as possible, which also meets the criteria for a Green Urban Village.The collection of data consisted of a study of articles, dissertations, reports, documents, GIS analyzes of maps and interviews with experts in the area. The results of the study show that a Green Urban Village a low climate impact is vital in order to meet the global goals for sustainable urban development. The conclusion that can be drawn from the study is that the proposed concept of Green Urban Village could contribute to a sustainable development of urban areas.

The diploma thesis is concerned on the conceptual definition of a quality place and what defines the quality of places in general. Then the approach is applied on the urban block on the Udolni street in the city of Brno. The goal is to make lives of inhabitants better. In the end, a highly synergical urban block is designed, with functions and forms such as coworking, cohousing and new models of sharing. The whole urban block is connected through a garden which extends the Spilberk castle park.

Interest about living in the city is increasing and people look suitable sites for newconstruction. Boundary of these good places expand into the landscape. Undeveloped areas have become valuable goods and it is important to build up the appropriate form of building with critical density, which will provide new space for living, but also contribute to raising living standards and it elevate all surrounding area. Variable and flexible solution of my architectural and urban design fights with evacuation people into urban sprawl and try put there quality housing to the city center and try to be a timeless concept,which will be able to respond to different human rights requirements and wishes. The built up area will be created by grouping the proposed houses and residential houses into blocks. Individual detached houses are designed in a range of four sizes for satisfy of people who require small houses and for people which findmore comfortable living. Different sizes of houses could satisfy both seniors and young couples and families with children and the solution ensure local settlement by people of all ages and this creates a healthy demographers structure for place.