Search for dissertations about: "geographical dependence"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words geographical dependence.

  2. 16. Broadband and HF radiation from cloud flashes and narrow bipolar pulses

    Author : Noor Azlinda Ahmad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Remote measurement of electric field generated by lightning has played a major role in understanding the lightning phenomenon. Even though other measurements such as optical, photographic, channel base current and thunder signatures have contributed in this regards, due to practical reasons remote measurements of electric field is considered as the most useful tool in lightning research. READ MORE

  4. 17. Epidemiology, risk and protective factors of self-immolation : a study from Iran

    Author : Alireza Ahmadi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Suicide;

    Abstract : Background: Suicide by self-burning (self-immolation) is one of the suicide methods that is far more common in low-middle income countries than in high-income ones. Iran is one of the countries that has a high rate of self-immolation. Women are the main victims as the reports show. READ MORE

  5. 18. Outdoor Mobility, Place and Older People - Everyday Mobilities in later Life in a Swedish Neighbourhood

    Author : Vanessa Stjernborg; Trafik och väg; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Motility; Social participation; Social sustainability; Suburb; Transition; Urban fear; Wellbeing;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to offer an understanding of everyday mobilities outdoors among older persons from a place- and context-dependent perspective. The emphasis is to take a gentle approach towards an overall perspective with consideration to physical aspects (like the home neighbourhood), social aspects (like social networks and social participation) and mental aspects (like place images, mental maps and fear of crime). READ MORE

  6. 19. Lock-in as make-believe – Exploring the role of myth in the lock-in of high mobility systems

    Author : Maja Essebo; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; myth; lock-in; geography; Malmö; Öresund; theoretical advancement;

    Abstract : All human practices are, ultimately, set and defined by limits; be they social, economic, physical, or environmental. Yet even in the face of such realities, practices which transgress the confines of possibility remain remarkably obdurate. This thesis addresses the issue of one such practice, i.e. READ MORE

  7. 20. Baltic Sea Ports and Russian Foreign Trade - Studies in the Economic and Political Geography of Transition

    Author : Alf Brodin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Hamnar; transition; Östersjön; transportgeografi; geopolitik; Ryssland; Estland; Lettland; Litauen; Baltikum; fd. Sovjetunionen; handelsstatistik; transithandel; Port; transition; Baltic Sea; transport geography; geopolitics; Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; former Soviet Union; transit trade; trade statistics;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to describe how the changing geopolitical environment in the former Soviet Union (FSU) has created a new transport geography, and thereby resulted in new patterns of foreign trade routes, port competition and market economic adaptation in the Baltic Sea fringe. The geographical limitation is the western part of the FSU and the Baltic Sea. READ MORE