Search for dissertations about: "Urban-rural interface"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Urban-rural interface.

2. 1. Urban-Rural Relations in China : A Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region

   Author : Yuheng Li; Hans Westlund; Göran Cars; Johan Klaesson; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban-rural linkages; Urban bias; Urban-rural interface; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region; China; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi;

   Abstract : Over three decades of rapid economic growth in China, beginning in 1978, has been accompanied by ever-enlarging urban-rural inequalities in terms of the various aspects of income, welfare, infrastructure, medical treatment, and education (amongst others). These two parts – the urban and the rural - have long been treated separately, without much consideration being given to their mutual linkages (relations). READ MORE

4. 2. Wind profiles at an urban-rural interface site

   Author : Stig Karlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP;

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5. 3. Caught Between Spaces : Socio-Environmental Vulnerability in Formal and Informal Peri-Urban Bogotá and Soacha, Colombia

   Author : Sandra Valencia; LUCSUS; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peri-urban area; urban-rural interface; socio-environmental change; wellbeing; vulnerability; Colombia; Bogotá; Soacha; informality; formalization; political ecology; stadsnära; periurbana områden; periurbanisering; Colombia; formalisering; informell bosättning;

   Abstract : The world is rapidly urbanizing. To contribute to the understanding of the socio-environmental changes brought about by urban sprawl and densification, this thesis examines wellbeing and vulnerability in low-income peri-urban areas in and around Bogotá, Colombia. READ MORE