Search for dissertations about: "urban and rural imbalance"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words urban and rural imbalance.

  2. 1. Stad kontra landsbygd = [Urban versus rural communities] : [driving forces behind changes in patterns of built environments in Iran, 1900-1979] : drivkrafter bakom bebyggelsestrukturens förändring i Iran 1900-1979

    Author : Javad Ajabi Naini; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Iran; urban growth; modernization; urban pull; pattern of built environment; rural push; traditional architecture; land reform; urbanization; urban and rural imbalance;

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  4. 2. Seriously injured road users in rural and urban road traffic in a Swedish region - a Vision Zero perspective

    Author : Astrid Värnild; Larm Peter; Per Tillgren; Marie Hasselberg; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Vision Zero; road injuries; rural; urban; cyclist; pedestrian; policy; management by objectives; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Globally more than 50 million people are injured in road traffic every year. The incidence of road injuries is increasing while that of fatalities is decreasing. Road safety measures are being implemented in many countries to reduce the effects on public health. In highly motorized countries, the process is often managed by quantitative targets. READ MORE

  5. 3. Rethinking Son Preference : Gender, Population Dynamics and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China

    Author : Lisa Eklund; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Son preference; sex ratio at birth; gender; generation; migration; population; China;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores how son preference is constructed and renegotiated in light of social change in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Based on secondary sources and interviews with women and men in rural Anhui Province as well as key informants, it addresses son preference from conceptual, methodological, empirical and ideological perspectives. READ MORE