Sökning: "geographers"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade ordet geographers.
1. Rural/urban redux: Conceptual problems and material effects
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
2. Kulturgeografin tar plats i välfärdsstaten : Vetenskapliga modeller och politiska reformer under efterkrigstidens första decennier
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to explain why human geography in Sweden became a planning science during the postwar period. Human geography had developed a sophisticated use of abstract models. The proliferation of models within in the social sciences was an international phenomenon during the postwar period. LÄS MER
3. Indian Villages in Transformation : A longitudinal study of three villages in Uttar Pradesh
Sammanfattning : The focus of this longitudinal study is on the process of transformation of three Indian villages on the Ganga Plain. The research approach has been explorative and knowledge about changes in the villages has been gained cumulatively over a period of ten years through interviews and discussions with the villagers and through field observations. LÄS MER
4. Reconfiguring Conservation and Ontological Politics : An Ethnography of Campesinos and Scientists in the Andean Páramos
Sammanfattning : This thesis offers an empirical analysis that critically assesses and expands the concept of “ontological politics” as a tool for understanding environmental conservation practice. It takes the case of páramos conservation in Colombia, a high mountain ecosystem located above 2600 mts altitude. LÄS MER
5. Gentrifiering, socialgeografisk polarisering och bostadspolitiskt skifte
Sammanfattning : Ever since the term ‘gentrification’ was coined by Ruth Glass in 1964 this specific form of socio-economic change has attracted much attention within the social sciences, not least from geographers and sociologists. This has generated a rich discussion on the mechanisms behind the process and, to a lesser extent, a debate on positive and negative outcomes of gentrification. LÄS MER