Search for dissertations about: "Kulturgeografi"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 231 swedish dissertations containing the word Kulturgeografi.
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1. Sami tourism in Northern Sweden Supply, demand and interaction
University dissertation from Umeå : Umeå universitetAbstract : Indigenous tourism is an expansive sector in the growing tourism industry. The Sami people living in Sápmi in northern Europe have started to engage in tourism, particularly in view of the rationalised and modernised methods of reindeer herding. Sami tourism offers job opportunities and enables the spreading of information. READ MORE
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2. Green consumption energy use and carbon dioxide emission
University dissertation from Umeå : KulturgeografiAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the quantitative potential to reduce energy requirements and CO2 emissions through changed patterns of consumption, given unchanged levels of consumption expenditure.The thesis question is analysed using a systems analysis approach which in this case means that life cycle assessment data on energy requirements and CO2 emissions related to household consumption are combined with a financial and behavioural analysis to make sure that the budget constraint is kept and that both the first and second order effects of adopting a green consumption pattern are analysed. READ MORE
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3. Young adults in rural tourism areas
University dissertation from Örebro : Örebro universityAbstract : This thesis examines how tourism affects conditions for young adults in rural areas. Such a study lies at the intersection of research about tourism impacts, adult transition, and rural areas. READ MORE
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4. Moved by the mountains migration into tourism dominated rural areas
University dissertation from Örebro : Örebro universityAbstract : .... READ MORE
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5. From Rural Gift to Urban Commodity Traditional Medicinal Knowledge and Socio-spatial Transformation in the Eastern Lake Victoria Region
University dissertation from Umeå : Umeå universityAbstract : As we celebrate all the dynamic and dramatic improvements in human health care in the 21st century, life in much of Africa begins with and is sustained with the support of traditional medicinal knowledge. Research on traditional medicinal knowledge (TMK) is extensive, but rather few studies have been written about Traditional Healers' (THs') own perceptions about TMK and practices in relation to changing societal dynamics. READ MORE
