Search for dissertations about: "Linda Lundmark"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Linda Lundmark.
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1. Moved by the mountains : migration into tourism dominated rural areas
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2. Restructuring and employment change in sparsely populated areas : examples from Northern Sweden and Finland
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine ongoing restructuring and its impacts on sparsely populated areas in Sweden and Finland. In the context of sparsely populated areas, the global processes have great local impact because of their poor capacity to adapt to rapid economic changes. READ MORE
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3. Arctic geographies in the making : understanding political economy, institutional strategic selectivity, and agency in tourism pathway development
Abstract : Tourism has long been promoted as a catalyst for socio-economic development in sparsely populated areas based on the commodification of culture and natural environments. This thesis examines the case of Arctic tourism in the two neighbouring northern counties of Finnish Lapland and Norrbotten (Sweden). READ MORE
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4. Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas : Processes of Local Innovation and Change in Northern Sweden
Abstract : Tourism has reached almost all regions of the world and has had a notable growth in the peripheral regions of Europe. Attempts at tourism development in rural and peripheral areas have resulted in widely varying outcomes and have often been undertaken as a last resort by communities. READ MORE
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5. Growth and decline in rural Sweden : geographical distribution of employment and population 1960–2010
Abstract : This thesis investigates the combination of changes in the population and employment into sectors in rural Sweden for the period 1960-2010. The aim is to describe and analyze the demographic changes together with the labour market changes, and to account for the spatial outcome of these changes by considering the heterogeneity of rural areas. READ MORE