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1	Social Sustainability and Rural Revival : Emphasizing Inclusive, Safe and Attractive Local Community through Smart Mobility Development Kovbas, Ekaterina January 2024 (has links) Amid rapid urbanization in the early XXI century, Swedish countryside faced with 2 interconnected sociodemographic problems: depopulation caused by outmigration of the young and ageing of the remaining citizens. Nowadays, many rural municipalities commit to growing back their inhabitant figures and emphasize sustainable living environment for new generations. However, though modern countryside has the potential to provide quality hybrid and remote work conditions, as well as social services and care for their inhabitants, there are matters in which rural areas fall behind cities, and sustainable multimodal mobility is among them. This thesis explores the interconnection between pedestrian and cycling mobility infrastructure development and the attractiveness of a place for middle-aged people, willing to live outside the city. The goal of the paper is to identify public needs in commuting options for them and their families and align these inquiries to strategic planning goals and priorities. To achieve this, qualitative approach was selected to study common perceptions of mobility problems and development potential, as well as feelings and attitudes planners and local inhabitants express when discussing their personal and professional experiences of living and travelling in the countryside. Being guided by the intersectionality perspective, which requires inclusion and engagement of diverse parties into the planning process, the thesis attempts to reconcile the two perspectives on pedestrian and cycling mobility development in a small Swedish rural municipality of Vingåker and answer the question why it is important to address pedestrian and cycling mobility in rural areas to enhance rural repopulation potential. Pedestrian and cycling mobility rural revival counter urbanization intersectional urban planning public perceptions Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Human Geography Kulturgeografi
2	Fertile Grounds: Cultivating an Identity Through Architecture Neves, Elisia 25 April 2012 (has links) This thesis explores the contributive role of architecture to the prosperity of a place. The research addresses the challenges and opportunities that rural regions face today by analyzing the general factors of marginalized rural communities through the lens of a specific community in mainland Portugal. A new approach for maintaining an authentic character, and a “sense of place” is presented which defends rural space as a genuinely experiential realm. The thesis proposes the design of a modern day treatment and research centre in the rural town of Manteigas, situated on one of the largest glacier valleys in Europe in the heart of the Serra da Estrela mountain range. Once alive with all the quaint characteristics that typify an idyllic rural identity, this town now faces a steep population decrease. Situated in the centre of the Zêzere glacial valley overlooking the town, the design accepts and interprets the natural geology of the site, harnessing the therapeutic thermal waters that continue to flow from the glacier line of the valley. The new centre represents not just a place for leisure and relaxation, but also an investigative laboratory for modern day natural healing therapies. The town of Manteigas is situated within three very distinct landscapes: a fertile landscape, a socio-cultural landscape, and a landscape of health and wellness. The design intervention responds to all these conditions and is dependent on each in its operation. This thesis is a proposal for a sustainable cycle of local and regional rejuvenation that will not be easily broken. The design proposal aims to build an infrastructure that will revive the identity of the community as a place of study and implementation of natural healing. The proposed design will also act as a catalyst to fuel future development and stimulate the local and regional economies. Portugal Rural Depopulation Architecture Serra da Estrela Manteigas Rural Revival Mountain Air Wellbeing Thermal Waters Zezere Valley Medicinal Plants Rural Depopulation Rural Abandonment Catalyst Project Health Spa Research Agriculture Tourism Portuguese Rural Areas Portuguese Culture Portuguese Identity Portuguese Architecture Architecture
3	Fertile Grounds: Cultivating an Identity Through Architecture Neves, Elisia 25 April 2012 (has links) This thesis explores the contributive role of architecture to the prosperity of a place. The research addresses the challenges and opportunities that rural regions face today by analyzing the general factors of marginalized rural communities through the lens of a specific community in mainland Portugal. A new approach for maintaining an authentic character, and a “sense of place” is presented which defends rural space as a genuinely experiential realm. The thesis proposes the design of a modern day treatment and research centre in the rural town of Manteigas, situated on one of the largest glacier valleys in Europe in the heart of the Serra da Estrela mountain range. Once alive with all the quaint characteristics that typify an idyllic rural identity, this town now faces a steep population decrease. Situated in the centre of the Zêzere glacial valley overlooking the town, the design accepts and interprets the natural geology of the site, harnessing the therapeutic thermal waters that continue to flow from the glacier line of the valley. The new centre represents not just a place for leisure and relaxation, but also an investigative laboratory for modern day natural healing therapies. The town of Manteigas is situated within three very distinct landscapes: a fertile landscape, a socio-cultural landscape, and a landscape of health and wellness. The design intervention responds to all these conditions and is dependent on each in its operation. This thesis is a proposal for a sustainable cycle of local and regional rejuvenation that will not be easily broken. The design proposal aims to build an infrastructure that will revive the identity of the community as a place of study and implementation of natural healing. The proposed design will also act as a catalyst to fuel future development and stimulate the local and regional economies. Portugal Rural Depopulation Architecture Serra da Estrela Manteigas Rural Revival Mountain Air Wellbeing Thermal Waters Zezere Valley Medicinal Plants Rural Depopulation Rural Abandonment Catalyst Project Health Spa Research Agriculture Tourism Portuguese Rural Areas Portuguese Culture Portuguese Identity Portuguese Architecture Architecture

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