Search for dissertations about: "Landsbygd"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the word Landsbygd.
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1. Contentious countrysides : social movements reworking and resisting public healthcare restructuring in rural Sweden
Abstract : The broader aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the production and reproduction of spatial inequalities following from the restructuring of the public healthcare system. More specifically, by analyzing the contention around healthcare restructuring related to two cases spanning a longer period in northern Sweden, I aim to investigate the changing conditions for healthcare provision in rural and sparsely populated areas, and I explore the forms of collective action that local people engage in to sustain the access to healthcare, as well as how state authorities’ attitudes towards such collective action have shifted. READ MORE
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2. Rural-urban interdependencies : The role of cities in rural growth
Abstract : A massive population growth in cities is currently being witnessed in most countries around the world. As urban populations grow, cities eventually expand geographically into what was considered countryside and nowadays distinguishing between what is city and what is countryside is getting increasingly difficult. READ MORE
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3. Growth and decline in rural Sweden : geographical distribution of employment and population 1960–2010
Abstract : This thesis investigates the combination of changes in the population and employment into sectors in rural Sweden for the period 1960-2010. The aim is to describe and analyze the demographic changes together with the labour market changes, and to account for the spatial outcome of these changes by considering the heterogeneity of rural areas. READ MORE
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4. Stad kontra landsbygd = [Urban versus rural communities] : [driving forces behind changes in patterns of built environments in Iran, 1900-1979] : drivkrafter bakom bebyggelsestrukturens förändring i Iran 1900-1979
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5. Dispersion and Transformation of Traffic Exhaust Particles in the Urban Atmosphere
Abstract : Ultrafine particles, their sources and fate in the atmosphere are currently key issues in atmospheric research owing to concern about their effects on human health and global climate. Traffic emissions are a dominating source of ultrafine particles, especially in urban areas. READ MORE