Search for dissertations about: "municipal authority"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words municipal authority.

2. 6. District Heating in a Liberalized Energy Market: A New Order? : Planning and Development in the Stockholm Region, 1978-2012

   Author : Dick Magnusson; Jenny Palm; Christer Persson; Dag Henning; Arne Kaijser; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : District heating; energy; Stockholm region; municipal planning; regional planning; large technical systems; splintering urbanism; planning doctrines; Fjärrvärme; energi; Stockholmsregionen; kommunal planering; regional planering; Large Technical Systems; Splintering Urbanism; Planeringsdoktriner;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses how district heating systems in the Stockholm region have evolved and developed during the period 1978-2012. The thesis comprises four papers analyzing how district heating has been handled in municipal and regional planning. READ MORE

4. 7. The Landed Municipality : The Underlying Rationales for Swedish Public Landownership and their Implications for Policy

   Author : Hanna Zetterlund; Brett Christophers; David Jansson; Heather Whiteside; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public land; land; urban planning; land development; land management; municipal planning; Swedish planning; Geography; Geografi;

   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

5. 8. Autonomy and Participation in Care For Older People : Descriptions by Older People, Registered Nurses, Case Managers, First Line Managers and Local Authorities Senior Medicine Advisors

   Author : Maria Hedman; Elisabeth Häggström; Ulrika Pöder; Ingela Enmarker; Kenneth Asplund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Autonomy; Participation; Older People; Chronic Illness; Healthcare; RN; CM; FLM; LASMA; Relatives; Municipal Care; Phenomenology; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Innovative Learning;

   Abstract : Overall aim: To describe the essence of autonomy and participation for older people in care, and how to promote this in care for them.Method: A descriptive design with a phenomenological approach. Sixteen older people (I) and 13 registered nurses (II) participated in individual face-to-face interviews (I and II). READ MORE

6. 9. The Social Dynamics of Labor Market Inclusion

   Author : Lena Strindlund; Christian Ståhl; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Berth Danermark; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Labor market inclusion is a complex assignment that takes place through a dynamic interaction between unemployed individuals from vulnerable groups, several authority actors and employers.The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the social dynamics of labor market inclusion, with a particular focus on integration, from the perspectives of employers and authority actors. READ MORE

7. 10. Exploring the "Culture of Non-Payment" in the post-apartheid South Africa

   Author : Olivia Louw; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; focus groups; apartheid; privatization; geographies of exclusion; collective consumption; free riders; culture of non-payment; geographies of resistance; Social geography; Socialgeografi;

   Abstract : ”Residents are refusing to pay until an effort is made to clean up, while authorities are refusing to remove refuse until residents pay”. This is the front-page headline of a prominent morning newspaper in Cape Town, South Africa that strikes to the core of what this research seeks to explore. READ MORE