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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 30 avhandlingar innehållade orden the Philippines.

  1. 11. Everyday Life in a Philippine Sex Tourism Town

    Författare :Mari-Elina Ekoluoma; Charlotta Widmark; Helle Rydström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Tourism anthropology; Philippines; Sabang; sex tourism; everyday life; gender; community response; social hierarchies; maintaining boundaries; cross-cultural encounters; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : Sabang used to be a small, marginalized Philippine fishing village that in the span of three decades became a well-known international sex tourism site. This thesis deals with the implications of tourism (including sex tourism) and how it has become embedded in the daily life in today’s Sabang. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Liberalizing the Telecommunications Industry-Impacts on the Asian Market (Licentiate Thesis)

    Författare :Chalita Srinuan; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; independent regulator; Liberalization; Asian market; competition; digital divide; re-regulation; entry relaxation; privatization; carrier performance;

    Sammanfattning : The liberalization of telecommunications seems to be an unstoppable trend. National governments, facing similar competitive pressures and rapid technological developments, have undertaken regulatory reforms such as privatization of state-owned carriers, entry relaxation and the introduction of new regulatory regime under the control of an independent regulator. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Divergence, admixture and continuity in the human past : Demographic inference using ancient and modern genomes

    Författare :James McKenna; Mattias Jakobsson; Per Sjödin; Ida Moltke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human evolution; population genetics; ancient genomes; population continuity; divergence; Biology with Specialisation in Human Evolution and Genetics; Biologi med inriktning mot människans evolution och genetik;

    Sammanfattning : Demographic forces shaping the genetic variation we observe today can include population divergences, admixture events and continuity through time. The advancement of high-throughput sequencing technologies, together with developments in molecular and bio-informatics methods, mean the number of ancient genomes available for inference has risen steeply. LÄS MER

  5. 14. User involvement in housing recovery : Cases from Haiyan affected areas in the Philippines

    Författare :Ivette Arroyo; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; User involvement; housing recovery; Capability Approach; Capability space; evolutionary housing; Critical Realism; vulnerability; resilience; causal mechanisms; opportunities; choices; capacities; agency; typhoon Haiyan; social structures; National Housing Authority; Gawad Kalinga; We Effect; types of involvement; levels of involvement;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to develop a better understanding of the relation between housing recovery and user involvement from a capability perspective. The thesis studies housing recovery in areas affected by typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on 8th November 2013. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Bridging the floods - The role of social learning for resilience building in urban water services

    Författare :Åse Johannessen; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; urban water services; climate change; adaptation; urban transformation; transition; flood risk management; water resources management; disaster risk reduction; resilience; resilient cities;

    Sammanfattning : The development of cities is increasingly threatened by a worldwide water crisis. Urban water services (including drinking water, sanitation and drainage) are facing complex and multiple pressures, which are becoming increasingly frequent and severe. LÄS MER