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  1. 11. A family landscape : On the geographical distances between elderly parents and adult children in Sweden

    Författare :Anna Hjälm; Gunnar Malmberg; Anders Brändström; Emma Lundholm; Clara Mulder; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family; elderly parents; adult children; intergenerational; child-parent proximity; migration; distance; ageing; support; register data; Sweden; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : With a background in the ageing of the population and the new challenges facing individuals, families and the welfare state, the aim of this thesis is to analyse the changing family landscape and the geographical distances between elderly parents and adult children. The thesis consists of four empirical studies derived from three different sources of data: In the first paper (Paper I), historical population data is combined with modern register data for two Swedish regions. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The Old, the New and the Unknown : The continents and the making of geographical knowledge in seventeenth-century Sweden

    Författare :Charlotta Forss; Mats Hallenberg; Henrik Ågren; Kristiina Savin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical geography; Ottoman Empire; colonial America; conceptual history; history of knowledge; history of cartography; history of science; religious geography; early modern history; historisk geografi; kartografi; begreppshistoria; kunskapshistoria; Osmanska riket; vetenskapshistoria; religiös geografi; tidigmodern historia; det koloniala Amerika; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates early modern ways of looking at the world through an analysis of what the continents meant in three settings of knowledge making in seventeenth-century Sweden. Combining text, maps and images, the thesis analyses the meaning of the continents in, first, early modern scholarly ‘geography’, second, accounts of journeys to the Ottoman Empire and, third, accounts of journeys to the colony New Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Excavating the Digital Landscape : GIS analyses of social relations in central Sweden in the 1st millennium AD

    Författare :Daniel Löwenborg; Paul Sinclair; Julian D. Richards; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; landscape archaeology; GIS; Iron Age; Västmanland; burial grounds; Vendel Period; Viking Age; territorial organisation; watersheds; statistical analysis; chronology; discriminant analysis; GWR; spatial analysis; perception; topography; AD 536; Fimbulvinter; property rights; crisis; historical ecology.; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a number of GIS based landscape analyses that together aim to explore aspects of the social development in Iron Age Västmanland, central Sweden. From a perspective where nature and culture are seen as integrated in the landscape, differences in the relations to the physical landscape are interpreted as reflecting social organisation. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Kunskap och innovation i ett moget kluster : En ekonomisk-geografisk studie av aluminiumindustrin i Småland-Blekinge

    Författare :Magnus Lagerholm; Anders Malmberg; Anders Waxell; Karl-Johan Lundquist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Social and economic geography; economic geography; mature industry; cluster; agglomeration; systems of innovation; labour market mobility; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis aims at understanding mechanisms behind knowledge generation and learning in a mature cluster by analysing firms in south-east Sweden engaged in the development and manufacturing of aluminium products. The point of departure is in concepts and assumptions related to spatially concen-trated systems of similar and related firms and industries, such as agglomera-tions, clusters or innovation systems. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Interacting with command and control systems : Tools for operators and designers

    Författare :Pär-Anders Albinsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Geographical information systems; Military operations; Command and control research; Command and control systems; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : Command and control is central in all distributed tactical operations such as rescue operations and military operations. It takes place in a complex system of humans and artefacts, striving to reach common goals. LÄS MER