Search for dissertations about: "Public land development"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words Public land development.
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1. The Landed Municipality : The Underlying Rationales for Swedish Public Landownership and their Implications for Policy
Abstract : This thesis examines the role of public land in housing development in Sweden, focusing on how public authorities perceive their role as landowners, and with what consequences. The thesis is inspired by the work of Doreen Massey and Alejandrina Catalano on different forms of landownership under capitalism, exploring the nature of the relationship between land and landowner when the latter is a public authority. READ MORE
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2. Livelihood Implications of Large-Scale Land Concessions in Mozambique : A case of family farmers’ endurance
Abstract : This thesis examines the process and the implications of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for local livelihoods, especially the livelihoods of those who make a living from farming. These individuals were historically known as peasants and are now more commonly referred to as smallholders, small-scale farmers or family farmers. READ MORE
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3. Essays in Political Economy of Development
Abstract : Paper 1: Social Conflict, Fractionalization, and Polarization We develop a Conflict model linking Conflict intensity to the distribution of the population over an arbitrary number of groups. We extend the pure contest version of the model by Esteban and Ray (1999: "Conflict and Distribution", Journal of Economic Theory, 87(2): 379-415) to include a mixed public-private good. READ MORE
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4. Public Land Development for Sustainability-Profiled Districts : A value co-creation perspective
Abstract : Swedish municipalities are developing sustainability-profiled districts incollaboration with private actors to achieve their public sustainability objectives.These districts are comparable to developments found in many other Europeancountries and the wider world. READ MORE
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5. Transport, Built Environment and Development Control : A comparative urban study
Abstract : Improved transport possibilities give rise to changes in land use; settlement patterns and activity structures and likewise the spatial distribution of different activities form the basis of transport need. Transport structure and built environment influence one another, and in order to be able to develop better urban policy it is important to be aware of the relations between them. READ MORE