Search for dissertations about: "Historical maps"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 46 swedish dissertations containing the words Historical maps.

  2. 16. Reindeer herding and modern forestry : the historical impacts on forests of two main land users in northern Sweden

    Author : Anna Berg; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Forestry and reindeer herding are the two geographically most extensive forms of forest utilisation throughout the northern parts of Sweden today. Until the 18th century the interior parts of northern Sweden were predominately occupied by native Sami people. From the mid-18th century the area was rapidly colonized by farmers. READ MORE

  4. 17. Seismic stratigraphy and tectonics offshore Scania, south-western Baltic Sea

    Author : Wasim Paracha; Boris Winterhalter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; allmän och historisk geologi; General and Historical Geology;

    Abstract : Geophysical data and descriptions of deep wells, produced during hydrocarbon explorations in the south-western part of the Baltic Sea offshore Scania, have revealed new information on the geological development of the area. This investigation is concentrated to the offshore triangular segment between the northwest-southeast Permian Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone through Scania and the east-west Caledonian Front north of Rügen. READ MORE

  5. 18. Life histories across time and space : methods for including geographic factors on the micro-level in longitudinal demographic research

    Author : Finn Hedefalk; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Historical demography, which is the study of human population dynamics in the past, is central for understanding human behaviours and traits, such as fertility, mortality and migration. An important factor in demographic research is the geographic context. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on Stockholm’s real estate market 1730–2020

    Author : Gustav Ingman; Rodney Edvinsson; Lars Ahnland; Anders Ögren; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; real estate; housing; bubbles; turbulence; financial crisis; wealth; real estate wealth; Economic History; ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the long-run development of Stockholm’s real estate market between the years 1730 and 2020. Building on the city’s vast archival sources of housing transactions, it presents new insights into the historical price movements and the class and gender composition of the people that were engaged in the housing market. READ MORE

  7. 20. Short-Term Traffic Prediction in Large-Scale Urban Networks

    Author : Matej Cebecauer; Erik Jenelius; Wilco Burghout; Balázs Kulcsár; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; travel time prediction; short-term travel time prediction; traffic prediction; clustering; partitioning; spatio-temporal partitioning; large-scale prediction; PPCA; 3D speed map; Transportvetenskap; Transport Science;

    Abstract : City-wide travel time prediction in real-time is an important enabler for efficient use of the road network. It can be used in traveler information to enable more efficient routing of individual vehicles as well as decision support for traffic management applications such as directed information campaigns or incident management. READ MORE