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La incidencia de las actuaciones de pacificación viaria en la consolidación del capital social. La experiencia de la Supermanzana de Sant Antoni en Barcelona 

Morales Flores, Paloma (Date of defense: 2025-06-26)

(English) This doctoral thesis explores the intricate relationship between urban design and the formation of social capital (SC), using the traffic calming of public space in the Sant Antoni Superblock in Barcelona as a ...

Planificación de la adaptación al clima extremo en el contexto del cambio climático. La ciudad esponja como elemento clave para la resiliencia 

Zheng, Qianhui (Date of defense: 2025-07-07)

(English) Climate change represents an unprecedented challenge for Mediterranean coastal regions, especially for Spain. This doctoral thesis, focused on climate change and its impact on regional extreme events, through ...

Vulnerabilidad + regeneración = población en peligro de expulsión. Aprendizajes para una regeneración urbana inclusiva 

Piasek, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2025-06-27)

(English) This proposal is within the framework of a research project ‘Socio-spatial indicators for the improvement of building stock in vulnerable areas. Action criteria for the cases of the Metropolitan Areas of Barcelona ...

Isla de frío de los parques urbanos: hacia la definición de parámetros de composición para la optimización del efecto de enfriamiento en distintos contextos climáticos mediante análisis remoto 

García Haro, Alan (Date of defense: 2025-05-20)

(English) Due to their composition, generally characterized by the predominant presence of vegetation and permeable soils, urban parks exhibit lower temperatures compared to other areas of the city. In many cases, this ...

Mitigation of compound events in Barcelona: urban water scarcity, flood risk and reduction of surface temperatures through WSUD 

Pérez Cambra, María del Mar (Date of defense: 2025-05-23)

(English) Climate change is bringing with it situations where droughts coexist with periods of extreme rainfall in many regions of the world. Surface temperatures are increasing due to more frequent drought periods. In ...

Mitigating the anthropocene extinction via agrivoltaics and ecovoltaics 

Macdonald, James Duncan (Date of defense: 2023-07-03)

(English) This thesis examines agrivoltaics, ecovoltaics, and agriecovoltaics (A/E/ÆPV): innovative alternative formats of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) projects which integrate agricultural production and/or ...

Las One-Stop-Shops, ventanillas únicas para la rehabilitación energética residencial. Estrategia para fomentar la renovación del parque edificado en España 

Biere Arenas, Rolando Mauricio (Date of defense: 2023-05-22)

(English) Global warming and climate change are undeniable and must be combated with urgent measures. In this sense, the rehabilitation of the building stock is crucial to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In Europe, 35% ...

La intervención pública en rehabilitación y regeneración urbana en Barcelona : caracterización de claves operativas y metodológicas 

Uzqueda Martínez, Ángel L. (Date of defense: 2023-07-24)

(English) There is a broad consensus on the need to drive urban intervention public policies with the purpose of promoting more inclusive, sustainable, balanced and diverse cities. Urban intervention is not neutral; it has ...

El urban sprawl : un modelo de urbanización insostenible 

Arellano Ramos, Blanca (Date of defense: 2022-09-30)

(English) he present thesis consists in a PhD thesis by compendium of publications. The general objective of the thesis is the analysis of the phenomenon of the Urban Sprawl, on a planetary scale, starting from the hypothesis ...

Evaluación crítica de los nuevos sistemas de transporte público en la ciudad de La Paz, desde la perspectiva de la planificación, gestión y gobernanza 

Vargas Beltrán, Dan Delvi (Date of defense: 2022-11-09)

(English) The characteristics of the transport system are what explain the difficulties and facilities for mobility and access to services. The transport situation in the urban area of La Paz has been worsening over time, ...

Exploring the applications and limitations of location-based social network data in urban spatiotemporal analysis 

Yang, Liya (Date of defense: 2021-09-27)

Nowadays, the widespread utilization of intelligent mobile and located-embedded services extends the border of social network sites (SNS) to physical-spatial space. The appearance of SNS changes our daily life meanwhile ...

La no equidad del impuesto inmobiliario: un análisis al valor catastral de vivienda en Mazatlán, mediante uso del método CRITIC y el método de Ratio 

Colado Velázquez, Luis Alfonso (Date of defense: 2021-07-22)

Methodological inconsistencies in land appraisal, legal (constitutional) lagging and the lack of a manual updated to current construction technology at the Cadastral Institute of Sinaloa State, along with inconsistencies ...

La ciudad cuidadora : calidad de vida urbana desde una perspectiva feminista 

Valdivia Gutiérrez, Blanca (Date of defense: 2021-01-27)

The goal of this thesis is to evaluate from a feminist perspective whether the quality of life in urban spaces is equal for women and men The research method is based on a triangulation of qualitative and quantitative ...

Spatial implications of energy performance certificates on housing prices in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area 

Chen, Ai (Date of defense: 2021-01-25)

The concepts of “energy sustainability” and “environmentally friendly” arouse extensive attention and the discussion on how to utilize, save and regulate energy and reduce pollution has become a dominant issue. The building ...

Influencia de los subcentros metropolitanos en la estructura de los valores inmobiliarios y nuevos métodos de identificación de centralidades 

Aguirre Núñez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-01-19)

The Monocentric model of urban structure, characterized by a clear dominance of the CBD (central business district) in terms of concentration of employment and activity, flourished the main theories of the urban economy, ...

The impact of open spaces in the social life : the case of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 

Summan, Maher Mafoz A. (Date of defense: 2019-12-04)

This study discusses social life in public open spaces within an urban context of Jeddah city, by examining the quality and design of these spaces. Jeddah is a multicultural city, with a high proportion of immigrant ...

Dealing with geopolitical brownfield sites : towards an adaptive guideline to foster their regeneration 

Shojaee Far, Mohsen (Date of defense: 2019-10-01)

This study set out initially to compare characteristics and possible regeneration approach between typical brownfield sites and semi-like brownfield sites in geopolitical conflict zones to identify similarities and ...

Digital traces and urban research : Barcelona through social media data 

Valls Dalmau, Francesc (Date of defense: 2019-06-14)

Most of the world’s population now resides in urban areas, and it is expected that almost all of the planet’s growth will be concentrated in them for the next 30 years, making the improvement of the quality of life in the ...

El sistema de transporte público masivo "Metrovía" en la movilidad y el espacio público de la ciudad de Guayaquil 

Naranjo Ramos, Yelitza Gianella (Date of defense: 2019-06-11)

In the present investigation the mass public transport system of Guayaquil "Metrovía" and its relationship with the immediate public space is analyzed, through study nodes that allow the study of the mobility and accessibility ...

Housing sector in Saudi Arabia : preferences and aspirations of Saudi citizens in the main regions 

Alhubashi, Haytham Hussain M. (Date of defense: 2018-07-12)

During the last few decades, Saudi Arabia, as one of the developing countries, has witnessed a noticeable and rapid development with regard to different development sectors and fields. This is mainly attributed to the ...