Sökning: "Global City"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 147 avhandlingar innehållade orden Global City.

1. 16. Becoming your own doctor. Healthcare-seeking, stigma, and related challenges among persons with same-sex sexuality in East Africa

   Författare :Markus Larsson; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Tanzania; Uganda; same-sex sexuality; stigma; healthcare-seeking; healthcare needs; mental health; sexual coercion; respondent-driven sampling; social networks; pharmacy workers; men who have sex with men; sexually transmitted infections;

   Sammanfattning : The health among men and women with same-sex sexuality experience, i.e. attraction to and/or sexual relations with someone of the same sex, in Sub-Saharan Africa is an increasing public health concern. Prior research on men who have sex with men (MSM) has demonstrated that their healthcare utilisation is limited due to stigma and discrimination. LÄS MER

3. 17. Visualisation and Generalisation of 3D City Models

   Författare :Bo Mao; Yifang Ban; Lars Harrie; Monika Sester; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; 3D city models; visualisation; generalisation; multiple representation structure; similarity evaluation; aggregation; typification; shell model; street index; texture compression; texture segmentation; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

   Sammanfattning : 3D city models have been widely used in various applications such as urban planning, traffic control, disaster management etc. Efficient visualisation of 3D city models in different levels of detail (LODs) is one of the pivotal technologies to support these applications. LÄS MER

4. 18. The Land of the Magical Maya : Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism

   Författare :Claudia Fonseca Alfaro; Stefan Kipfer; Malmö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Postcolonial Studies; Lefebvre; Global South; Critical Urban Theory; Maquiladoras; Coloniality;

   Sammanfattning : The land of the Magical Maya is a mythical region in the south of Mexico where there are enigmatic creatures such as cosmic Indios, vultures, ghosts, white elephants, pineapples, swallows, and flamingos; and wondrous places like cenotes, pyramids, blue moons, old frontiers, new frontiers, and paradise-Zones. In the 1980s, henequen, the agro-based industry that had sustained Yucatán since the 19th century, was close to collapsing. LÄS MER

5. 19. Navigating the foreign quarters : Everyday life of the Swedish East India Company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830

   Författare :Lisa Hellman; Leos Müller; Gunlög Fur; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canton; Macao; Everyday Life; Swedish East India Company; China; 18th century; 19th century; Global history; Maritime History; Port city; Practices; Gender; Masculinity; Groups; Space; Communication; Material culture; Trust; Kanton; Macao; Vardagsliv; Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet; Kina; 1700-tal; 1800-tal; Globalhistoria; Maritim historia; Hamn; Praktiker; Genus; Maskulinitet; Grupper; Rum; Kommunikation; Materialitet; Tillit; History; historia;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the everyday life of the Swedish East India company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830. Through a focus on everyday practices, analysed on the basis of ethnicity, class and gender, I show how the Swedes and other foreigners led their everyday life in a constant interplay between adaptation to and transgression of Chinese rules. LÄS MER

7. 20. Neighborhood environment and physical activity

   Författare :Ulf Eriksson; kardiovaskulär epidemiologi och levnadsvanor Allmänmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; walkability; land use; residential density; physical activity pattern; accelerometer; public health; walking; GIS; physical activity; Neighborhood;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction Insufficient levels of physical activity are one of the top contributors to global mortality, and it is an important public health priority to increase the proportion of physically active people in the population. The interest in environmental determinants of physical activity has been rapidly increasing over the past few years. LÄS MER