Search for dissertations about: "Socio-Economic Environment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 78 swedish dissertations containing the words Socio-Economic Environment.

2. 1. Peasants by preference? : socio-economic and environmental aspects of rural development in Tanzania

   Author : Jan Rudengren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
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   Abstract : Development is not always an entirely positive process in which the gains are equal to the risks. Rural development implies a penetration of the existing peasant mode of production by alternative systems. History has shown that this penetration creates its own barriers. READ MORE

4. 2. Socio-economic differentiation and selective migration in rural and urban Sweden

   Author : Susanne Hjort; Gunnar Malmberg; Colin P. Pooley; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Migration; rural; urban; Sweden; rural gentrification; polarization; segregation; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyse migration and socio-economic differentiation in rural and urban spaces: where people move, what the characteristics of migrants are and whether experiences of rural and urban space affect attitudes toward the local living environment and place attachment. The background consists of five themes discussing different aspects of socio-economic differentiation and selective migration, for example polarization and rural gentrification. READ MORE

5. 3. Occupational and socio-economic factors in the etiology of cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia

   Author : Catarina Jansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Esophageal cancer; adenocarcinoma; squamous-cell carcinoma; occupational exposures; socio-economic status; socio-economic factors;

   Abstract : Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia and squamous-cell carcinoma of the esophagus have a poor prognosis. The increasing incidence and the strong male predominance of esophageal and cardia adenocarcinoma are striking, and yet unexplained, patterns that should be due to unknown environmental factors. READ MORE

6. 4. Urban livestock production in Cambodia : socio-economic benefits and public health hazards

   Author : Gunilla Ström Hallenberg; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Keeping livestock can make an important contribution to the livelihoods of poor urban dwellers. There are concerns, however, that livestock keeping in and around urban areas may lead to environmental problems and increased incidence of disease transfer between animals and humans (zoonoses). READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Expectations : Information, Formation and Outcomes

   Author : Kristoffer Persson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Media; Economic Expectations; Consumer Confidence Survey; Scandinavia; Supervised Machine Learning; Generations; Socio-Economic Environment; Economic Behavior; Economic Change; Monetary Policy; Precautionary Saving; Households; Saving Rate; Economic Media; Economic Expectations; Consumer Confidence Survey; Scandinavia; Supervised Machine Learning; Generations; Socio-Economic Environment; Economic Behavior; Economic Change; Monetary Policy; Precautionary Saving; Households; Saving Rate;

   Abstract : The first chapter investigates the relationship between economic media sentiment and individuals’ expectations and perceptions about economic conditions. We test if economic media sentiment Granger-causes individuals’ expectations and opinions concerning economic conditions, controlling for macroeconomic variables. READ MORE