Search for dissertations about: "place-attachment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word place-attachment.

2. 1. Between being and longing : Young former refugees’ experiences of place attachment and multiple belongings

   Author : Tina Mathisen; Susanne Stenbacka; Sofia Cele; Gry Paulgaard; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; youth; refugees; place attachment; belonging; translocality; place; negotiation; racialization; education; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on young former refugees’ lived experiences of and reflections on processes of place attachment and negotiation of belonging in Norway. The analysis draws on a postcolonial understanding of migration and belonging, and is inspired by post-structuralism and critical phenomenology. READ MORE

4. 2. Place, Place Attachment and Mobility. Three sociological studies

   Author : Per Gustafson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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5. 3. Through the Looking Glass : An Identity-Based View of Place Branding

   Author : Carola Strandberg; Maria Ek Styvén; Åsa Wallström; Eric Braun; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Place branding; identity-based place branding; place identity; place’s identity; places identity; places identities; place brand identity; place image; place brand image; self-congruity; self-congruence; place attachment; positive word-of-mouth; word-of-mouth; place advocacy; place ambassadorship; likelihood to stay; intention to stay; resident retention; stakeholders; residents; citizens; inhabitants; visitors; co-creators; co-creation; place brand; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

   Abstract : Places of today face intense global competition for crucial resources. Attracting visitors and retaining residents is vital especially for post-industrial cities and rural places facing a loss of traditional industrial jobs, and urbanization and centralization of the population and economy. READ MORE

6. 4. The housing environment of people with severe mental illness

   Author : Elizabeth Marcheschi; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Supported housing facilities; people with severe mental illness; multi-place analysis; physical-environment affordances; social climate; social interactions; place attachment; quality of life;

   Abstract : Supported housing facilities (SHF) are among the most common housing solutions for people with severe mental illness (SMI). A poor level of physical-environment qualities and the re-creation of institutional atmospheres in these settings have been found in recent studies. READ MORE

7. 5. Histories of reindeer husbandry resilience : land use and social networks of reindeer husbandry in Swedish Sápmi 1740-1920

   Author : Isabelle Brännlund; Per Axelsson; Tom Ericsson; Bruce Forbes; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Sápmi; reindeer husbandry; resilience; adaptive capacity; livelihood diversity; taxation land; place-attachment; social organization; historia; History;

   Abstract : Against a background of ongoing and predicted climatic and environmental change facing humans on a global level, this thesis combines historical perspectives with theories of social resilience in a study of reindeer husbandry in Swedish Sápmi, from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. The thesis includes four individual studies that examine the topic from different angles, connected together by reoccurring elements of social resilience. READ MORE