Search for dissertations about: "places"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 664 swedish dissertations containing the word places.

  2. 1. Going places : Local settings and global horizons in young people’s education and work trajectories

    Author : Sara Forsberg; Brett Christophers; Danielle Ekman Ladru; Johanna Waters; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The recent trend for mass higher education and a growing policy focus on a knowledge-driven economy has created the expectation that everyone can enter a fulfilling and rewarding career. However, young people often experience discrepancies between expectations of social mobility and local or national labour market opportunities. READ MORE

  4. 2. Places on Becoming : An Ethnographic Case Study of a Changing City and its Emerging Residential Environments

    Author : Alazar Ejigu; Tigran Haas; Roderick Lawrence; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; place; placemaking; large-scale housing; ethnography; modernity; condominiums; Addis Ababa; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : Some places which once were celebrated by many slowly become places of desolation and social problem while others built with similar intentions and forms continue to flourish. This is typically true of a number of large residential neighbourhoods of Post-World War II Europe and many cities of the global South. READ MORE

  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. Meeting-places of Transformation : Urban Identity, Spatial Representations and Local Politics in St Petersburg, Russia

    Author : Thomas Borén; Bo Lenntorp; Thomas Lundén; Jussi Jauhiainen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Time-space; lifeworld; Hägerstrand; Habermas; Lotman; participant observation; post-Soviet transformation; time-geography; cultural geography; cultural semiotics; urban studies; everyday life; Soviet cartography; local self-government; Ligovo; Uritsk; Krasnosel skii raion.; Other earth sciences; Övrig geovetenskap;

    Abstract : This study develops a model for understanding spatial change and the construction of space as a meeting-place, and then employs it in order to show an otherwise little-known picture of (sub-)urban Russia and its transformation from Soviet times to today. The model is based on time-geographic ideas of time-space as a limited resource in which forces of various kinds struggle for access and form space in interaction with each other. READ MORE

  7. 5. Streets, Spaces and Places : Three Pompeiian Movement Axes Analysed

    Author : Marina Weilguni; Gullög Nordquist; Henrik Gerding; Henrik Boman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pompeii; Space Syntax; urban analysis; public space; Pompeji; Space Syntax; urbanism; offentligt rum; Archaeology; classical; Arkeologi; klassisk; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Abstract : This study is an urban analysis of Roman Pompeii. It explores the spatial structure of the town just before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 72, and how public space was used for movement, activity and interaction between people. READ MORE