Search for dissertations about: "landscape geography"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 142 swedish dissertations containing the words landscape geography.
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6. Developing theory of public involvement in landscape planning : democratising landscape
Abstract : Public involvement has been recognised as a fundamental aspect of landscape planning for over 40 years, and has been more recently legitimised in policy through the European Landscape Convention. However, the practice of public involvement in landscape planning remains questionable. READ MORE
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7. Becoming Wilderness : a topological study of Tarangire, Northern Tanzania 1890-2004
Abstract : Based on field and archival research, Becoming Wilderness analyses the fluid constructs of game preservation and their affect within networks and landscapes to the west of Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania from the late 19th Century until the present. The initial query of this thesis is how and why Tarangire comes to be separated as different from its surrounding (on the map and within policy) and what this has entailed for what is ‘within’ and ‘outside’. READ MORE
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8. The Eco-Gost in the Machine : Reflexions on Space, Place and Time in Environmental Geography
Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to propose a way to introduce social and cultural aspects of environmental degradation to the sustainable development debate. This is done by a reflexive and critical examination of environmental research as it has been applied to different spatial levels (and thus levels of social complexity). READ MORE
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9. A place apart? : Debating landscapes and identities in the Shetland Islands
Abstract : Based around the concepts of landscape and identity, this thesis examines several contemporary debates in the Shetland Islands with a view to finding out more about where people in this group of islands currently ‘are’ in terms of their geographical and cultural location, from both a local and non-local perspective.Drawing on a multi-method approach, including textual analysis, participant observation and semi-structured interviews, the study points to the often complex and contentious relationship between power structures and notions of local versus national interests, particularly in the areas of landscape management and nature conservation. READ MORE
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10. Wild Landscapes : The Cultural Nature of Swedish National Parks
Abstract : Since their emergence in the late 19th century, national park spaces have been perceived as articulations of untouched nature or wild landscape beyond society. Yet no understanding of national parks can do without the recognition that they exist in historical spaces created, institutionalised and prepared for them by cultural practices and modes of representation. READ MORE
