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Academic publications
Retail gentrification, property owners and main streets
Journal article that illuminates the tangled relationship between rising retail gentrification and property ownership conversion on main streets.
Danenberg, R., 2024. Patterns of retail gentrification on inner-city main streets in Stockholm: the role of privatized property ownership. Journal of Urban Design, 29(6), pp. 716-734.
Resilient main streets and dynamic ground floors
PhD compilation thesis focusing on the resiliency of main streets through studying ground floors and their dynamic change.
Danenberg, R., 2023. Main streets as resilient public spaces: zooming in on ground floors in Stockholm. PhD thesis, defended 8 December 2023, KTH, US-AB.
Morphology and spatial theory
Book chapter discussing the spatial theory perspectives around physical, social and economic aspects of main streets
Danenberg, R., 2022. Main Street Morphology, Adaptability and Resilience. In: C. Kickert & E. Talen: Street Life: Urban Retail Dynamics and Prospects. Toronto Press
Small shop owners on main streets
Book chapter on the perspectives of small business owners renting from Cooperative Housing Associations on main streets in Stockholm during the pandemic based on 120 in-person interviews.
Danenberg, R., 2021. Small business owners in Stockholm and the anti-lockdown pandemic strategy. In: B. Doucet, R. van Melik & P. Filion: Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Cities. Volume 4: Planning and Policy, pp. 59-68. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Main streets - ground floor change
Journal article demonstrating the ground floor changes on main streets in Stockholm between 2009 and 2018 (with spatial dimensions)
Danenberg, R., Mehaffy, M., Porta, S. and Elmlund, P., 2018. Main street plot scale in urban design for inclusive economies: Stockholm case studies. Journal of Urban Design and Planning, 171(6), pp. 258-267.
Bottom-up urban development
Book chapter based on my master’s degree outlining the results from a comparative study between eight botton-up initiatives in Stockholm and Istanbul
Danenberg, R., & Haas, T., 2018. New trends in bottom-up urbanism and governance-reformulating ways for mutual engagement between municipalities and citizen-led urban initiatives. In: M. Arefi & C. Kickert: The Palgrave Handbook of Bottom-Up Urbanism. Palgrave Macmillan
Podcasts and interviews
Interviewed by Marie Steen “ - Vart Ska du? - Ut!” i Arkus Essätävlingen 2023
Interviewed by Marie Steen “Ett kapitel för sig” i Göteborgs-Posten Två Dagar ”Forskaren: “Bidrar till ett unikt gatuliv” - March 2022
Featured interview in Småföretagarnas Riksförbund tidning “Bra Affärer” ”Kommer små butiker att överleva?” - June 2021
Featured interview on KTH’s website ”Pandemin slår olika mot butikshandel” - April 2021
Podcast at Urbanistica by Mustafa Sherif ”The Future of Street-based Retail” - March 2021
Podcast at Plugg 26+ “Att doktorera är inte för alla” - March 2021
Podcast at Urbanistica Podcast by Mustafa Sherif “Forskning om bottenvåningar, gator och platssamverkan” - December 2024
Arwidsson Stiftelse, featured interview ”Forskning om shoppinggatans framtid” - February 2021
Non-academic publications
Dark stores, ground floors and platform economy
Stockholm case: how platform economy infiltrates on public space
Danenberg, R., Lin, Y. Z., & Chiappini, L., 2024. Dark stores och det offentliga rummet (Published in PLAN, October, 2024)
Dark stores, ground floors and platform economy
Amsterdam case: how platform economy infiltrates on public space
Lin, Y. Z., Danenberg, R., & Chiappini, L., 2024. Hoe de platformeconomie de publieke ruimten infiltreert (Published on Rooilijn.nl, Jan 25th, 2024)
Small local independent businesses during the pandemic
Reflections on the government’s acting towards pandemic-affected businesses and the consequences of absent of support
Danenberg, R., 2020. Kände regeringen inte till småföretagarnas kris? (Published on Bostadsbubblan.org, December, 14th 2020)
Danenberg, R., 2021. Utan stöd till småföretagare går satsningar för en levande stad förlorad (Published on Bostadsbubblan.org, May 25th, 2021)
Child-friendly cities
Editor of the book, including a public space analysis tool from the perspective of the Urban95, interviews and reflections from experts, and 100+ case studies.
Chapter on engaging ground floors for children.
Funded by Bernard van Leer foundation
Danenberg, R., Doumpa, V., & Karssenberg, H., 2019. The City at Eye Level for Kids. US AB Stockholm (e-book free download)
Danenberg, R., 2018. Plints for Children. In: R. Danenberg, V. Doumpa, & H. Karssenberg: The City at Eye Level for Kids. US AB Stockholm
Presentations
Framtidens detaljhandel i en växande stad och digital värld
AFRY Online Seminar: Hur bidrar stora industrier, e-handel och lokala företag till attraktiva medelstora städer? February 2021
Näringsidkares strategier för att möta restriktionerna (Shop owners’ adaptability to Covid-19)
ArkDes Online seminarium: Fotgängarens förutsättningar, September 2020
De stad en de toekomst van klein ondernemerschap
Vereniging Utrechtse Vastgoed Societeit, The Netherlands, Annual General Meeting, February, 2020
Night time activations in public space in Stockholm
Gather festival, Stockholm with Michael Malinder-Macleod (KTH master student), Theodor Bratt (Trafikkontoret, Stockholms Stad), September, 2019
The urban morphology of main street
“Reconsidering Retail Conference” at University of Chicago, US, in collaboration with KTH Centre for the Future of Places, November 2018