Search for dissertations about: "Economic spaces"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 97 swedish dissertations containing the words Economic spaces.

  2. 16. Pushing borders : Cultural workers in the restructuring of post-industrial cities

    Author : Chiara Valli; Brett Christophers; Dominic Power; Sara Gonzalez; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; gentrification; displacement; creative labor; cultural labor; social movements; resistance; Milan; Brooklyn; Urban studies;

    Abstract : This research explores the agency and positioning of cultural workers in the restructuring of contemporary cities. This positioning is ambiguous. READ MORE

  4. 17. Adaptive reuse and shared spaces as circular business models

    Author : Rebecka Lundgren; Fastighetsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; circular economy; shared spaces; Adaptive reuse; sustainability; built environment; circular economy; shared spaces; adaptive reuse; sustainability; built environment;

    Abstract : Circular economy (CE) is still a nascent research field in the built environment, however, has gained traction in the last decade. Despite it being generally accepted that sustainability consists of three dimensions, namely, social, environmental, and economic, CE has been criticised for focusing on environmental and economic impact whilst neglecting the social aspect. READ MORE

  5. 18. Governing street and market vending in Kitwe, Zambia : Shifting rationalities and vendors' individual and collective agency

    Author : Lennert Jongh; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Amin Kamete; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban informality; informal economy; street vendors; market vendors; vendors’ agency; urban space; collective organizing; vendors’ connections; gray spaces; government rationality; assemblage; Kitwe; Zambia; sub-Saharan Africa; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the governing of street and market vending in the Zambian city of Kitwe. Street and market vending has often been studied in relation to neoliberal urban developments. Such studies have shown how governing practices are driven by ambitions to create “world-class cities” and to attract (international) investment. READ MORE

  6. 19. Encountering the meeting place : The production of public space in contemporary Swedish planning

    Author : Christopher Olsson; Mats Lundmark; Ida Andersson; Carina Listerborn; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban planning; public space; spaces of encounter; meeting place; redevelopment projects; the production of space;

    Abstract : A common theme in contemporary Swedish planning discussions is that we no longer meet each other in public spaces. This perceived lack of interpersonal meetings and encounters is said to reinforce the use ofstereotypes and create further distance between differences in the city. READ MORE

  7. 20. Imag(in)ing the other(s) : Migration, racism, and the discursive constructions of migrants

    Author : Mekonnen Tesfahuney; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; imag in ing; migrations; white; hermeneutics of suspicion; theOther s ; inclusion exclusion; racialisation; criminalisation; securitization; space; power; discourses; culture; nation; race; boundaries; enclosures; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Abstract : The dissertation examines the question of how the material and discursive constructions of "white" spaces impact on immigrants in Sweden, Europe and the West. Itoffers critical readings of migrations, discourses and space. READ MORE