Search for dissertations about: "national space"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 178 swedish dissertations containing the words national space.

  2. 1. Wild Landscapes : The Cultural Nature of Swedish National Parks

    Author : Tom Mels; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national park; landscape; space; reinvention; performance; representation; wilderness; Social geography; imagery; nature; Socialgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    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

  4. 2. Environmental Policy Space and International Investment Law

    Author : Åsa Romson; Jonas Ebbesson; Ole Kristian Fauchald; Mads Andenæs; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; policy space; environmental law; international investment law; IIA; fair and equitable treatment; legitimate expectations; national treatment; indirect expropriation; chilling effect; miljörätt; Environmental Law;

    Abstract : This dissertation analyses the implications of international investment law on host states’ legal ability to protect the environment, regulate sustainable use of natural resources, and develop new approaches to manage environmental risks and uncertainties. ‘Environmental policy space’ is found to be a useful term when exploring the regulatory autonomy in this context. READ MORE

  5. 3. Residential solar photovoltaics deployment: barriers and drivers in space

    Author : Alvar Palm; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : Solar photovoltaics PV ; renewable energy; sustainability transitions; technology deployment; diffusion of innovations; barriers; drivers; space; technological innovation system TIS ; technology adoption; business model; peer effects;

    Abstract : In order to support a sustainability transition in the energy sector, actors need knowledge about barriers and drivers to the deployment of clean energy technologies. Solar photovoltaics (PV) is a renewable energy technology that is technically mature and on the verge of becoming economically competitive in numerous regions around the world. READ MORE

  6. 4. School choice, space and the geography of marketization- Analyses of educational restructuring in upper secondary education in Sweden

    Author : Anna Maria Fjellman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school choice; school market; marketization; space; equity; quasi-market; differentiation; spatial justice;

    Abstract : The main aim of the dissertation is to investigate, analyze and create a research-based understanding of the spatialities of the Swedish school choice in upper secondary education using a socio-spatial framework. The dissertation is comprised of three empirical studies based on six cohorts of register data from The Gothenburg Longitudinal Database. READ MORE

  7. 5. International Responsibility for Activities in Outer Space in the Modern Space Age : Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty in the context of international space law and public international law

    Author : Scarlet Sarah O'Donnell; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Space law; Public international law; Rymdrätt; Folkrätt;

    Abstract : This dissertation is set in the context of the modern space age, which is characterised by an overall increase in space activities on a global scale and a relative increase in private and commercial space activities. Space has become a business case. READ MORE