ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The project was conducted in 4 counties, namely Norway, Nepal, India and China. It wouldn't be possible without the coordination of various stakeholders and personalities. We are grateful to the local inhabitants in Trondheim who participated in stakeholder surveying. Thanks to the Miljøpakken Department of Trondheim Kommune and IT-special consultant Egil Rasmussen from Trondheim Byarkiv for answering questions regarding development projects. We are thankful for the support and feedback from the Guthi System and the residents in Bagdole, Lalitpur, Nepal. We are also grateful for the information from the officials of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Office and Ward No.4 Office. We would like to thank the vendors and passers-by of Bagdole for joining interviews. In India, many thanks too, to National Highway Authority of India(NHAI) and Barasat Municipal Body, for the inspiration and resourceful guidance. A special thanks to Soumik Saha, a bachelor student from Barasat College, who helped throughout the whole period. Thanks to the shopkeepers, residents, tourists and working staff in Shanghai Music Valley(SMV), who hel -ped complete the participatory process with generous attendance. We are particularly indebted to Xiang Zhou for offering information from his research and recommending valuable papers, and Xuyan Zhang, an architecture student from Tongji University, for participating in the design process and providing assessment. Our project would not have been possible without the continuous support and guidance from our supervisor Cinthia Freire Stecchini. Her timely feedback and suggestion pointed our way to go. We are also indebted to Marcin Wojciech Sliwa for his advice in all Friday drop-in meetings. Besides, we could not forget the support from Riny Sharma, Hans Narve Skotte, Rolee Aranya, Peter Andreas Gotsch , Eszter Marklund-Nagy and Brita Fladvad Nielsen. Finally, we would like to thank all the faculty members of UEP and Department of Architecture and Planning in NTNU, as well as our classmates for their inspiring presentations. Last but not the least, we would like to thank our friends and families for their continuous help and inspiration throughout the period.