The Future North project has published a book on approaches to the study of Arctic landscapes. Published on Routledge, the book investigates ongoing changes in the Arctic from a landscape perspective. It examines settlements and territories of the Barents Sea Coast, Northern Norway, the Russian Kola Peninsula, Svalbard and Greenland from an interdisciplinary, design-based and future-oriented perspective.
Mens debatten om fylkessammenslåingen raser i Finnmark og Troms, kjemper Vardøværingene for egen by og retten til fisken. Begge kamper er like viktig. Janike Kampevold Larsen skriver kronikk i Morgenbladet d. 1. marts 2018.
Urban environments, digital data and media are increasingly interconnected. Digital technologies are becoming integral to urban and civic life in terms of public services, commerce, media, culture and education. The digitalisation of urban cultures, businesses and public sectors presents new problems but also possibilities for design, architecture and planning. Addressing this development requires interdisciplinary collaboration. Currently, the digital design sector is increasingly working on projects that involve ‘smart city’ planning and governance as well as digitalisation of urban services. At the same time, architects and urban planners proactively seek to engage with the new possibilities and expectations that the digitalisation of cities and urban living creates.
Connections to nature makes Norwegian suburbs different. New book: Infinite Suburbia
The Institute of Urbanism and Landscape (UL) is searching for a doctoral candidate who can strengthen and develop the institute’s ongoing research into the current development of rural areas. Application date: 1 Februrary, 2018