Sökning: "City Regions"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 47 avhandlingar innehållade orden City Regions.

1. 1. The Urban Turn : And the Location of economic Activities

   Författare :Høgni Kalsø Hansen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban Turn; Innovation; Business Climate; People Climate; Human Capital; Outer City; Creative Class; Talent; Regional Development; City Regions;

   Sammanfattning : Competitiveness of city regions has gained a more and more central position in regional development and regional planning within the last decades. A reason for this is that globalisation has caused pressure on industrial structures forcing firms to increase their competitiveness by more actively promoting innovation and knowledge creation. LÄS MER

3. 2. Jakten på den attraktiva regionen : En studie om samtida regionaliseringsprocesser

   Författare :Ida Grundel; Lars Aronsson; Lotta Braunerhielm; Richard Ek; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regionalization; regionalism s ; regional assemblages; discursive practices; discursive knowledge; regions; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores different expressions of regionalism(s) and regionalization processes in a Swedish and a westernized context. The case studies in the study conducted are represented by two different kinds of regions, Värmland and The Eight Million City. LÄS MER

4. 3. Corporate and city GHG inventories : Impact on global CO2 emissionswhen considering electricity and CHP-based district heating

   Författare :Lena Nordenstam; Björn Karlsson; Louise Ödlund; Danica Djuric Ilic; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Sammanfattning : One initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions involves developing standards for GHG inventories. Companies and cities (regions) can use GHG inventories to compile and report their GHG emissions. LÄS MER

5. 4. Pathways and destinations : Spatial mobility and socioeconomic integration of international migrants in Sweden

   Författare :Louisa Vogiazides; Karen Haandrikman; Charlotta Hedberg; Gideon Bolt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Spatial mobility; Trajectories; Neighbourhoods; Regions; Segregation; Socioeconomic integration; Contextual effects; Longitudinal data analysis; Migrants; Refugees; Sweden; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Sammanfattning : Over the last three decades, Sweden has received large inflows of international migrants and particularly refugees. The issues of migrants’ residential patterns and socioeconomic integration are therefore of great interest. A long-lasting concern is that residential segregation hampers migrants’ social and economic outcomes. LÄS MER

7. 5. Low-Carbon City Initiatives in China : Planning Approaches, Dilemmas and Opportunities

   Författare :Guanghong Zhou; Björn Frostell; Karel Mulder; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Low-carbon city; Urban planning; Metabolic approach; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

   Sammanfattning : In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, tackle climate change and move toward sustainable development, the central government in China has proposed low-carbon city development as the national strategy and relevant initiatives have been taken by local governments. This thesis analyses current low-carbon city programmes and planning approaches in China, identifies limitations and proposes a metabolic approach that could be used to account for physical resources, monitor GHG emissions and involve stakeholders in the planning process. LÄS MER