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  1. 11. Beyond a Second Demographic Transition? Fertility and family dynamics in Iceland

    Författare :Ari Klængur Jónsson; Gunnar Andersson; Gerda Neyer; Daniele Vignoli; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family demography; Fertility; Family formation; Cohabitation; Nonmarital childbearing; Marriage; Marital dissolution; Iceland; Demography; demografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis serves to bring Iceland into the realm of Nordic family-demographic and fertility research. Based on event-history techniques applied to Iceland longitudinal register data, I provide an overview of contemporary family-demographic trends during the last few decades. The thesis consists of four empirical studies. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Rapid Urbanization : An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Urban Transition in Developing Countries

    Författare :Kyle Farrell; Hans Westlund; Tigran Haas; Peter Nijkamp; Kingsley Haynes; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban transition; rapid urbanization; rapid urban growth; components of urban growth; economic development; developing countries; national urban systems; China; Nigeria; India; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with the challenges posed by the contemporary urban narrative in developing countries. It is premised on the notion of the urban transition, which posits that as a country develops it undergoes a transformation from a predominantly rural society to a predominantly urban one. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Möten i dialektalt gränsland : Dialektala övergångar genom Närke : dialectal transitions across Närke

    Författare :Björn Bihl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; dialectal transition; dropping of final t in endings; weakening of unstressed i a; syncope of suffix vowels; dialectal continua; isogloss; implicational scale; hiatus; vowel balance; phonological rule; topographical demographic ethnogeographical factors; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages; Svenska språket;

    Sammanfattning : The province of Närke comprises, together with Södermanland, a transition area characterised by a mixture of linguistic features from the Götaland dialects (götamål) and Central Swedish dialects (uppsvenska). One purpose of the study is to test and develop the dialectal transition theory established by J. K. Chambers and P. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Möten i dialektalt gränsland : Dialektala övergångar genom Närke

    Författare :Björn Bihl; Claes Åneman; Lennart Elmevik; Anne-Marie Ivars; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; dialectal transition; the Närke dialect; dropping of final t in endings; weakening of unstressed i a; syncope of suffix vowels; dialectal continua; isogloss; implicational scale; hiatus; vowel balance; phonological rule; topographical demographic ethnographical factors; dialektal övergång; närkingska; bortfall av finalt t i ändelser; försvagning av i a i svagton; synkope av ändelsevokal; dialektalt kontinuum; isogloss; implikationsskala; hiatus; vokalbalans; fonologisk regel; topografiska demografiska etnogeografiska faktorer; Svenska språket; Swedish;

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  7. 15. Demographic History and Adaptation in African Populations

    Författare :Mário Vicente; Carina Schlebusch; Mattias Jakobsson; Lluis Quintana-Murci; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; African demography; human evolutionary genetics; population structure; population admixture; genetic adaptation;

    Sammanfattning : Africa is the continent where modern humans originated and yet, African demographic history remains largely unknown. Through analyzing the genetic composition of extant and extinct individuals, it is possible to reveal signals of past demographic history and adaptation. LÄS MER