Sökning: "small town"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 69 avhandlingar innehållade orden small town.

1. 21. Between the Highway and the Red Dirt Track : Subaltern Urbanization and Census Towns in India

   Författare :Srilata Sircar; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; India; Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi; Subaltern urbanization; census towns; urban theory; postcolonial;

   Sammanfattning : In the 2011 census of India, more than 2500 settlements have been newly inducted into the category of ‘census towns’ – the lowest size-class of urban settlements in India. This is a staggering figure in light of the observation that a comparable number constituted the total number of all urban settlements recorded since 1900. LÄS MER

3. 22. Between crisis and opportunity : Livelihoods, diversification and inequality among the Meru of Tanzania

   Författare :Rolf Larsson; Sociologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology of labour; Meru; Tanzania; Arusha; peasants; sociology of enterprise; family farmers; smallholders; coffee production; income diversification; de-agrarianisation; agricultural intensification; inequality; social differentiation; economic liberalization.; Sociology; Agricultural economics; Sociologi; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Lantbruksekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Sustained high population growth rates are radically altering the livelihood conditions for small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. In one of the most fertile and densely settled areas of East Africa, Mount Meru in Northern Tanzania, the size of the population has increased nearly tenfold within the last century. LÄS MER

4. 23. Att stanna kvar: arbete, plats och mobilitet i småstaden

   Författare :Hanna Uddbäck; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mobility; place; work; labour market; working life; young adults; youth research;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to a deeper understanding of how young adults in an industrial small town in Sweden perceive and negotiate their work opportunities and their position in the local labour market. The study is theoretically informed by a relational understanding of place, mobility and immobility in addition to concepts such as capital, habitus and field. LÄS MER

5. 24. Gården i den förindustriella staden : en studie i stadsbebyggelsens regionala variationer

   Författare :Jan Granberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Sammanfattning : This investigation, entitled The Farm in the Pre-Industrial Town: A Study of Regional Variations in Town Buildings, is based on information from approximately 1,400 fire-insurance policies taken out by farms in 72 Swedish towns in 1828. The aim is to present an overall view of the buildings in Swedish towns as regards their structure and the materials used at the beginning of the nineteenth century. LÄS MER

7. 25. Social scaling and children's graphic strategies : A comparative study of children's drawings in three cultures

   Författare :Sven Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children s drawings; Social scaling. Children s social worlds; Graphic strategies. Cultural variation. Representations; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : This cultural comparative study examines social scaling in children's drawings and whether children's formal graphic strategies follow the lines of traditional develop­mental stage models. Moreover, an attempt is made to develop methodological tools for comparative cultural research on children's social worlds. LÄS MER