Sökning: "demographic projections"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden demographic projections.

  1. 1. Demographics and Future Needs for Public Long Term Care and Services among the Elderly in Sweden : The Need for Planning

    Författare :Ilija Batljan; Mats Thorslund; Joakim Palme; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ageing; planning; demographic projections; health status; mortality; educational composition; last years of life; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Sammanfattning : Long term care and social services (LTCaS) for older people are an important part of the Scandinavian welfare state. The fast growing number of elderly people in Sweden has caused many concerns about increases in future needs (and particularly costs) of age-related social programs such as LTCaS. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The dynamics of pension reform

    Författare :David Sundén; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays, which all concern the dynamics of pension reform. The first essay evaluates the financial balance and the demographic adjustability of the reformed Swedish pay-as-you-go pension system. The main findings are that the demographic adjustability of the system is poor. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Linking plant population dynamics to the local environment and forest succession

    Författare :Johan Petter Dahlgren; Johan Ehrlén; Ove Eriksson; Mark Rees; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Actaea spicata; Forest herbs; Forest succession; Integral projection model; Plant demography; Plant phenology; Population dynamics; Pre-dispersal seed predation; Seed mass; Soil potassium; Specific leaf area; Terrestrial ecology; Terrestisk ekologi; Plant Ecology; växtekologi;

    Sammanfattning : Linking environmental variation to population dynamics is necessary to understand and predict how the environment influences species abundances and distributions. I used demographic, environmental and trait data of forest herbs to study effects of spatial variation in environmental factors on populations as well as environmental change in terms of effects of forest succession on field layer plants. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The impact of macro socioeconomic trends on the future of the English language

    Författare :David Graddol; Philip Shaw; Kingsley Bolton; Alan Davies; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; World Englishes; ELT; English as a lingua franca; language policy; language and economy; language demographics; English; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis by compilation consists of four books and articles published between 1997 and 2006, each dealing with issues related to the increasing use of English as a global language, together with an introductory chapter which reviews the literature relating to world Englishes and the Sociology of Language, and discusses the methodology employed in the research. The publications included are: (i) Graddol, D. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Spatial Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation

    Författare :André Pinto da Silva; Mats Bjõrklund; Greta Bocedi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; global change; Southern Asia; mammals; ecological modelling; Biology with specialization in Animal Conservation; Biologi med inriktning mot zoologisk bevarandebiologi;

    Sammanfattning : Biodiversity is being lost under alarming rates due to an unsustainable socio-economic trajectory causing global change. Such loss is unequally spread over the Earth, and Southern Asia has been and is projected to continue to be one of the most affected regions. LÄS MER