Sökning: "Rural Development"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 402 avhandlingar innehållade orden Rural Development.

  1. 6. The Past of Present Livelihoods : Historical perspectives on modernisation, rural policy regimes and smallholder poverty - a case from Eastern Zambia

    Författare :Pelle Amberntsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural livelihoods; Smallholders; rural policy regime; development; modernisation; Zambia; Rural livelihoods; Smallholders; rural policy regime; development; modernisation; Zambia;

    Sammanfattning : This study is an enquiry into the processes shaping rural livelihoods in peripheral areas. The study is situated in the field of livelihood research and departs in the persistent crisis within African smallholder agriculture and in rural policy debates during the postindependence era. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Rural Development and Territorial Dynamics in the Province of Misiones, Argentina

    Författare :Andrea Nardi; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural development; territorial dynamics; Misiones; Argentina; family agriculture; alternative development; Territory; Agroecology; Farmers markets; Seed markets;

    Sammanfattning : During the 1990s, Latin America went through important structural transformations. The continent experienced a profound alteration in the relations between the state, society, market and natural environment. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Growth and decline in rural Sweden : geographical distribution of employment and population 1960–2010

    Författare :Martin Hedlund; Linda Lundmark; Emma Lundholm; Olof Stjernström; Kjell Overvåg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rural restructuring; rural heterogeneity; manufacturing decline; agricultural decline; urbanization; rural typology; life-course perspective; cluster analysis; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the combination of changes in the population and employment into sectors in rural Sweden for the period 1960-2010. The aim is to describe and analyze the demographic changes together with the labour market changes, and to account for the spatial outcome of these changes by considering the heterogeneity of rural areas. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas : Processes of Local Innovation and Change in Northern Sweden

    Författare :Patrick Brouder; Peter Fredman; Linda Lundmark; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :change; development; evolution; peripheral; Sweden; tourism.;

    Sammanfattning : Tourism has reached almost all regions of the world and has had a notable growth in the peripheral regions of Europe. Attempts at tourism development in rural and peripheral areas have resulted in widely varying outcomes and have often been undertaken as a last resort by communities. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Electricity for better lives in rural Tanzania and Mozambique. Understanding and addressing the challenges

    Författare :Helene Ahlborg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Off-grid; Access to electricity; Rural electrification; Rural development; Africa; Renewable energy; Drivers and barriers; Socio-technical systems;

    Sammanfattning : Provision of electricity is essential for economic and social development. It renders possible modern communications, industrial and business development and provision of public services such as improved education and healthcare. LÄS MER