Search for dissertations about: "Mexico City"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words Mexico City.

  2. 1. Diffusion of Environmental Technology in a Megacity - A case study of Mexico City

    Author : Santiago Mejía-Dugand; Leenard Baas; Olof Hjelm; Brita Hermelin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Technology Diffusion; Environmental Technology; Megacities; Mexico City;

    Abstract : In a world recently declared urban, each day technology plays a more important role in society. A majority of people seem to believe in technology not only for solving everyday problems and for supporting the current production and economic systems, but also for the redress of environmental problems that are caused to a large extent by the same technology that has driven society to the current standards. READ MORE

  4. 2. Unification and Conflict. The Church Politics of Alonso de Montúfar OP, Archbishop of Mexico, 1554-1572

    Author : Magnus Lundberg; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kristen teologi allmän; systematic and practical Christian theology; General; New Spain; Alonso de Montúfar; Mexico; Mission; Missionary Methods; Roman Catholic Church; Religious Orders; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Cathedral Chapters; systematisk och praktisk ; Alonso de Montúfar;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on Archbishop Alonso de Montúfar OP (ca. 1489-1572). It seeks to explore two decades of sixteenth century Mexican Church History mainly through the study of documents found in Spanish and Mexican archives. READ MORE

  5. 3. Leaving dry land: Water, heritage and imaginary agency

    Author : Moniek Driesse; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; water critical heritage design research cartographic reason affective methodology imaginary agency Mexico City Gothenburg;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation explores the interplay between water, heritage and the agency of the imagination. Instead of seeking how to map subjects or heritage, the research focuses on the ways in which mapping and the cartographic gaze have produced subjects in specific categories. READ MORE

  6. 4. Application of Passive DOAS for Studies of Megacity Air Pollution and Volcanic Gas Emissions

    Author : Mattias Erik Johansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : Optical Remote Sensing Techniques offer the opportunity to, in real-time, obtain line averaged measurements of gases in the lower and upper atmosphere. These techniques easily offer themselves to automatization, which increases their usability for e.g. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Land of the Magical Maya : Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism

    Author : Claudia Fonseca Alfaro; Stefan Kipfer; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : Postcolonial Studies; Lefebvre; Global South; Critical Urban Theory; Maquiladoras; Coloniality;

    Abstract : The land of the Magical Maya is a mythical region in the south of Mexico where there are enigmatic creatures such as cosmic Indios, vultures, ghosts, white elephants, pineapples, swallows, and flamingos; and wondrous places like cenotes, pyramids, blue moons, old frontiers, new frontiers, and paradise-Zones. In the 1980s, henequen, the agro-based industry that had sustained Yucatán since the 19th century, was close to collapsing. READ MORE