Search for dissertations about: "town"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 186 swedish dissertations containing the word town.

2. 1. Savanna town : rural ties and urban opportunities in northern Kenya

   Author : Anders Hjort; Stockholms universitet; []
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4. 2. Getting Ready for Life : Life Strategies of Town Youth in Mozambique and Tanzania

   Author : Linda Helgesson; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Nora Räthzel; Katherine Gough; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; life strategies; qualitative research; development geography; Tanzania; Mozambique.; livelihood; education; mobility; urbanisation; town; vulnerability; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore how and under what conditions life strategies of young men and women unfold in the towns of Masasi in southern Tanzania and Montepuez in northern Mozambique. These towns are located in regions which in their national contexts are perceived as peripheral and rural. READ MORE

5. 3. The Town Plan of Jaipur : Its Sources and Narrations

   Author : Mirja Juntunen; Claus Oetke; Siegfried Lienhard; Nalini Balbir; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; India; town plan; Jaipur; Indology; Indologi;

   Abstract : Jaipur’s town plan has been the subject of a multitude of suggestions regarding its origin. Jaipur was founded by Jaisingh II in 1727, and has since then been the capital of the State of Rajasthan, India. READ MORE

6. 4. Small town, big move : Constructions of place in transiting mining communities

   Author : Eugenia Segerstedt; Lena Abrahamsson; Mats Jakobsson; Kristina Johansson; Gry Paulgaard; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; construction of place; Gällivare; Kiruna; transformation; rural studies; urban change; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

   Abstract : The dissertation accounts for construction of place in mining communities as they undergo a major urban transformation. In the 2010s, urban centres in the northern Sweden mining communities of Gällivare and Kiruna entered a new execution phase of a large-scale transformation precipitated by ground subsidence caused by mining activities, a transformation that continues. READ MORE

7. 5. Historical Urban Agriculture : Food Production and Access to Land in Swedish Towns before 1900

   Author : Annika Björklund; Mats Widgren; Johannes Renes; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban agriculture; urban history; urban geography; Sweden; town; food production; food consumption; Uppsala; historical geography; land allocation; cadastral maps; urban land-use; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis analyses the role of historical urban agriculture in a long-time perspective, through a combination of overarching surveys of Swedish towns and detailed studies of one town – Uppsala in east-central Sweden. The study shows how agricultural land – town land – of various sizes was donated to towns repeatedly during medieval times and in the 16th and 17th centuries. READ MORE