• A Critical Geography of Compact Urbanism : Urban politics of difference in Oslo 

      Kjærås, Kristin Edith Abrahamsen (Doctoral thesis, 2021-11-16)
      Since the 1990s urban sustainability has become a prominent international policymaking goal and global policy discourses have encouraged people to live in cities. Compact city policies have proliferated during this period. ...
    • Diversifying the compact city: A renewed agenda for geographical research 

      Haarstad, Håvard; Kjærås, Kristin Edith Abrahamsen; Røe, Per Gunnar; Tveiten, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The compact city has become part of the policy orthodoxy in dealing with climate change and other sustainability challenges, and scholars from a diverse set of disciplines have informed this policy through empirical research. ...
    • A geography of repoliticisation: Popularising alternative housing models in Oslo 

      Kjærås, Kristin Edith Abrahamsen; Haarstad, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The question of the political has gained renewed relevance in recent years. New movements are challenging what has been called ‘the post-political consensus’ and have facilitated the repoliticisation of a wide range of ...
    • How do cities challenge patterns of demand? Characterising the local governance of climate change in Nordic cities 

      Schrage, Jesse Benjamin; Kjærås, Kristin Edith Abrahamsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Meeting international climate targets will require deep and rapid shifts in urban demand patterns. While the literature has emphasized the role played by cities in the response to climate change, it remains unclear whether ...
    • The politics of urban densification in Oslo 

      Kjærås, Kristin Edith Abrahamsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Urban density is central to pressing questions concerning low-carbon lifestyles, affordable housing and global land use patterns. However, for many densifying cities, problems of inequality, climate emissions and social ...
    • The Spatialities of the Nordic Compact City 

      Røe, Per Gunnar; Kjærås, Kristin Edith Abrahamsen; Haarstad, Håvard (Chapter, 2022)
      The compact city has become the preferred and mainstream model for urban, peri-urban and sometimes even rural planning in the Nordic context. However, the compact city is increasingly contested as a model for sustainability ...