Sökning: "Economic spaces"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 118 avhandlingar innehållade orden Economic spaces.
16. Planting to feed the city? : Agricultural production, food security and multi-spatial livelihoods among urban households in Ghana
Sammanfattning : The 2010 population and housing census in Ghana revealed that more than half of the Ghanaian population lived in urban centers. Critical to the phenomenon of urbanization is the question of how to sustainably feed the urban population especially the urban poor as rapid urbanization has the tendency to urbanize poverty. LÄS MER
17. Pushing borders : Cultural workers in the restructuring of post-industrial cities
Sammanfattning : This research explores the agency and positioning of cultural workers in the restructuring of contemporary cities. This positioning is ambiguous. LÄS MER
18. Adaptive reuse and shared spaces as circular business models
Sammanfattning : Circular economy (CE) is still a nascent research field in the built environment, however, has gained traction in the last decade. Despite it being generally accepted that sustainability consists of three dimensions, namely, social, environmental, and economic, CE has been criticised for focusing on environmental and economic impact whilst neglecting the social aspect. LÄS MER
19. Governing street and market vending in Kitwe, Zambia : Shifting rationalities and vendors' individual and collective agency
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the governing of street and market vending in the Zambian city of Kitwe. Street and market vending has often been studied in relation to neoliberal urban developments. Such studies have shown how governing practices are driven by ambitions to create “world-class cities” and to attract (international) investment. LÄS MER
20. Kvinnors försörjningsrum : Hegemonins förvaltare och murbräckor
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with questions concerning the different strategies women adopt in order to support themselves when they become unemployed in rural areas. One strategy is to start a business of one's one, a strategy supported and called for by the Swedish Government, especially during the 1990s economic recession. LÄS MER