Sökning: "Rural Development"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 402 avhandlingar innehållade orden Rural Development.

  1. 11. Tales of uniqueness : Value creation in rural tourism development

    Författare :Manuela Kronen; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; value creation; rural tourism development; authenticity; uniqueness; LEADER-method;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to analyse value creation in a rural tourism development project. In order to analyse value creation, I investigate how participants of a rural tourism development project define and understand uniqueness of that particular rural area as a lever to developing a touristic offer. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Rural Income Diversification, Employment, and Differentiation in Kenya and Implications for Rural Change

    Författare :Maria Fibaek; Ekonomisk utveckling i det globala Syd; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural Development; Income Diversification; Differentiation; Agrarian Political Economy; Kenya;

    Sammanfattning : To contribute to contemporary rural development debates, the present thesis conducts a contextual analysis of rural development using Kenya as a case study from the colonial era to today. To perform the analysis, two critical trends in rural Africa are focused on: socioeconomic differentiation and rural income diversification, with a particular focus on large-scale farm employment. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Service i glesbygd : trender och planeringsmöjligheter

    Författare :Ulf Wiberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accessibility; rural planning; sparsely populated areas; urban-place-system; commercial services;

    Sammanfattning : The major aim of the thesis is to study various issues regarding the supply of services in the rural areas of Northern Sweden characterized by sparse population. Localities in these areas represent the lowest hierarchical units in the urban-place-system. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Solar energy for a brighter life. A case study of rural electrification through solar photovoltaic technology in the Eastern Province, Zambia

    Författare :Mathias Gustavsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; rural development; rural electrification; distributed generation; photovoltaic technology; solar home system; energy services; Zambia; Sub Saharan Africa;

    Sammanfattning : Electricity is taken for granted in many parts of the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa, typically less than 5% of the rural population have access to this energy source. Even though electricity in itself does not lead to development, it can support a development process. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Rural development through social capital? An inquest into the linkages between social capital and development in war-torn villages in Sri Lanka

    Författare :Dhammika Herath; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bonding social capital; bridging social capital; natural assets; rural development; and conflict;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis concerns the potential causal relationship between social capital and rural development in war-torn villages in the north of Sri Lanka. The social capital thesis centers on the notion that social relationships matter to development-related outcomes and reconstruction of war-torn societies. LÄS MER