Search for dissertations about: "socio-economic IMPACT OF"

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  2. 11. Local impacts of large investments

    Author : Urban Lindgren; Einar Holm; Claes-Göran Alvstam; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pulp and paper industry; internationalisation; investments; local socio-economic impacts; microsimulation;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to investigate local impacts of large investments. This problem has been approached from three directions and, therefore, the study consists of three themes, namely: the changing spatial patterns of corporate activities, the short-term local economic impacts of invest­ments, and the long-term socio-economic impacts of investments on the local municipality. READ MORE

  4. 12. Assessment of existing and potential developments of district-heating systems

    Author : Elsa Fahlén; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; biofuel; external costs; combined heat and power; socio-economic cost-effectiveness; district heating; ExternE; social costs; MARTES; bio transport fuel; biomass gasification;

    Abstract : District heating (DH) may play an important role for achieving the EU goal of a secure, competitive and sustainable energy supply. DH benefits from the possibilities of utilising local resources such as municipal solid waste and other low-quality fuels, as well as low-cost waste heat from industries and from combined heat and power plants (CHP). READ MORE

  5. 13. Teachers’ lives in transition : gendered experiences of work and family among primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1940

    Author : Emil Marklund; Lotta Vikström; Glenn Sandström; Åsa Karlsson Sjögren; Johannes Westberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; women teachers; family formation; fertility; social origin; socio-economic status; primary school teachers; life course; gender; professional life; private life; rural; Sweden; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education;

    Abstract : In this thesis, primary school teachers in a coastal area of northern Sweden c. 1860–1940 are studied with the overarching purpose to investigate the link between professional work and private life. READ MORE

  6. 14. African swine fever in Uganda : epidemiology and socio-economic impact in the smallholder setting

    Author : Erika Chenais; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In the last decade millions of people have been able to leave poverty, increasing the regional demand for meat and livestock products. In combination with reforms in market and agricultural policy, this has led to an increase in pig production in sub-Saharan Africa, most notably in Uganda. READ MORE

  7. 15. Beyond the Controversy: A Study of African Theologies of Inculturation and Liberation

    Author : Stephen I Munga; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Manas Buthelezi.; Charles Nyamiti; incarnation; African personality; the Church; Christ; ancestorship; integral-synthesis approach; Inculturation theology; liberation theology; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Abstract : When Harry Sawyerr wrote his essay "What is African Theology?", published first in African Theological Journal, vol. 4 (1971), it appeared from its contents that he was making short comments about James Cone's Black theology that could have disappeared in the midst of more pressing African theological issues. READ MORE