Sökning: "Rural geography"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 132 avhandlingar innehållade orden Rural geography.

1. 11. Landsbygdsboende i inflyttarnas perspektiv. Intention och handling i lokalsamhället

   Författare :Susanne Stenbacka; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; countryside; counterurbanisation; living milieu; rural; local community; insiders wiev; practice; values; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with counterurbanisation in Sweden. 'Action in context' is an important concept; the background, characteristics and intentions of the newcomers, and the physical and social milieu in which they settle, constitute the context of their actions in a new environment. LÄS MER

3. 12. Moved by the mountains : migration into tourism dominated rural areas

   Författare :Maria Thulemark; Susanna Heldt Cassel; Mats Lundmark; Linda Lundmark; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tourism. mobility; lifestyle migration; amenity migration; litestyle amenities; creative class; occupational communities; tourism employment; seasonal workers; rural Sweden; Bergslagen database; interview study; focus groups; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys; Social and Economic Geography;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

4. 13. Gender and Social Practices in Migration : A case study of Thai women in rural Sweden

   Författare :Natasha Alexandra Webster; Gunnel Forsberg; Eva Andersson; Halldis Valestrand; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; social practices; migration; rural; translocalism; micro-geographies; mobilities; spatial relations; case study; narrative interviews; life course; feminist epistemology; Thailand; Sweden; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Sammanfattning : Set within discussions of gender, migration and social practices, this thesis explores the ways in which Thai women migrants to Sweden build connections between rural areas through their daily activities. Arriving in Sweden primarily through marriage ties, Thai women migrants are more likely to live in Swedish rural areas than in urban areas. LÄS MER

5. 14. Rural/urban redux: Conceptual problems and material effects

   Författare :Mirek Dymitrow; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rural; urban; concepts; knowledge production; geographers;

   Sammanfattning : Concepts are the basic building blocks of all knowledge, while the strength of the theories that guide any societal project is dependent on the quality those concepts. Contrarily, the utilization of questionable concepts will result in questionable material effects. LÄS MER

7. 15. From Rural Gift to Urban Commodity : Traditional Medicinal Knowledge and Socio-spatial Transformation in the Eastern Lake Victoria Region

   Författare :Ouma Anne; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Linda Helgesson; Stacey Langwick; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eastern Lake Victoria Region; Traditional Medicinal knowledge; Traditional Healers; Youth; Inter-generational learning processes; commodification and commercialization; gift; Socio-spatial transformation; rural-urban; gender; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : As we celebrate all the dynamic and dramatic improvements in human health care in the 21st century, life in much of Africa begins with and is sustained with the support of traditional medicinal knowledge. Research on traditional medicinal knowledge (TMK) is extensive, but rather few studies have been written about Traditional Healers' (THs') own perceptions about TMK and practices in relation to changing societal dynamics. LÄS MER