Search for dissertations about: "geopolitics geography"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words geopolitics geography.

2. 1. Ports in Transition in Countries in Transition - The changing situation for ports in Russia and the Baltic states in times of geopolitical and economical transition

   Author : Alf Brodin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Port; transition; Baltic Sea; transport geography; geopolitics; Russia; Baltic states; former Soviet Union; trade statistics; entrepôt; trade relations;

   Abstract : Ports in Transition in Countries in Transition - The changing situation for ports in Russia and the Baltic states in times of geopolitical and economical transition. Edited by the Department of Human and Economic Geography, University of Göteborg. CHOROS 2000:1. 254 pages. READ MORE

4. 2. Landscapes of Dispossession : The Production of Space in Northern Tanintharyi, Myanmar

   Author : Mads Barbesgaard; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; production of space; Political economy; class differentiation; Political ecology; Agrarian Political Economy; landscape geography; dispossession; Myanmar; Geopolitics; Geoeconomics; Human Geography; Political economic geography; land grabbing; Ocean Grabbing; Green grabbing;

   Abstract : Since 2007, rural areas, particularly across the global south, have been ravaged by what has been dubbed a “global resource rush”. On the heels of this rush, a new wave of dispossession studies across the fields of agrarian political economy, human geography and political ecology is emerging. READ MORE

5. 3. Imag(in)ing the other(s) : Migration, racism, and the discursive constructions of migrants

   Author : Mekonnen Tesfahuney; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; imag in ing; migrations; white; hermeneutics of suspicion; theOther s ; inclusion exclusion; racialisation; criminalisation; securitization; space; power; discourses; culture; nation; race; boundaries; enclosures; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

   Abstract : The dissertation examines the question of how the material and discursive constructions of "white" spaces impact on immigrants in Sweden, Europe and the West. Itoffers critical readings of migrations, discourses and space. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Adding Fuel to the Fire : North-South dynamics in the geographies of transport energy: the case of EU biofuels

   Author : David Harnesk; LUCSUS; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy geography; geopolitics; territorialisation; climate change mitigation; transport; biofuels; agrofuels; European Union EU ; certification; sustainability criteria; sustainability science; energi; geografi; geopolitik; territorialisering; klimatomställning; transport; biodrivmedel; biobränsle; Europeiska Unionen; certifiering; hållbarhetskriterier; hållbarhetsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Since the 2000s, the European Union (EU) has promoted biofuels for transport to achieve climate change mitigation, and rural development in the global South. In contrast, critiques have argued that biofuel promotion impedes more meaningful mitigation while also resulting in dispossession of land and loss of labour opportunities in the global South. READ MORE