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1. 36. The Landed Municipality : The Underlying Rationales for Swedish Public Landownership and their Implications for Policy

   Författare :Hanna Zetterlund; Brett Christophers; David Jansson; Heather Whiteside; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public land; land; urban planning; land development; land management; municipal planning; Swedish planning; Geography; Geografi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the role of public land in housing development in Sweden, focusing on how public authorities perceive their role as landowners, and with what consequences. The thesis is inspired by the work of Doreen Massey and Alejandrina Catalano on different forms of landownership under capitalism, exploring the nature of the relationship between land and landowner when the latter is a public authority. LÄS MER

3. 37. Second home tourism : The root to displacement in Sweden?

   Författare :Roger Marjavaara; Dieter K. Müller; Allan M. Williams; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; second homes; displacement; tourism; mobility; Stockholm archipelago; Sweden.; Economic geography; Ekonomisk geografi;

   Sammanfattning : During certain seasons, rural and peripheral locations with significant numbers of second homes become the destination for major traffic and commodity flows. The outcome of this seasonal flow can be somewhat problematic and cause conflicts. LÄS MER

4. 38. Essays on risk and housing

   Författare :Han-Suck Song; Hans Lind; Peter Englund; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; housing risks; risk management; strategic alliances; housing construction; low-income housing; real options; tenure choice; rent regulation; housing cooperative conversion; price index; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Econometrics; Ekonometri; Economic geography; Ekonomisk geografi;

   Sammanfattning : There is a series of different types of risk on the housing market and related industries.  The six papers in this doctoral dissertation are about a number of the many dimensions of risk management on the housing market. LÄS MER

5. 39. Change agency in (old) industrial regions : Shaping new futures

   Författare :Linda Stihl; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Geography; Change Agency; Reproductive agency; Old industrial regions; Regional development; Ekonomisk geografi; Förändringsagens; Reproduktiv agens; Gamla industriregioner; Regional utveckling;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to develop a better understanding of the role of local agency in the transformation of old industrial regions. Theoretically the dissertation builds on concepts which are important in the debate on regional development in old industrial regions such as path dependency, negative lock-ins, the role of institutions, and new path development, while exploring and unpacking the role of agency. LÄS MER

7. 40. Fakta, normativitet eller pluralism? : Didaktiska typologier inom gymnasieskolans geografiundervining om klimatförändringar

   Författare :Andreas Grahn; Leif Östman; Lena Molin; Kjell Haraldsson; Per Sund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Climate change; education; geography; pragmatism; didactic typologies; selective traditions; democracy; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Geography; Geografi; Didactics;

   Sammanfattning : In education about climate issues teachers make choices. What is of most importance? To know how the green house effect works in a natural scientific way or to know about the political processes that can help us find a solution? Habits, or selective traditions, answers the questions why, what and how does teachers do when teaching about climate issues. LÄS MER