Sökning: "historical land use"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 87 avhandlingar innehållade orden historical land use.
1. Historical Urban Agriculture : Food Production and Access to Land in Swedish Towns before 1900
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis analyses the role of historical urban agriculture in a long-time perspective, through a combination of overarching surveys of Swedish towns and detailed studies of one town – Uppsala in east-central Sweden. The study shows how agricultural land – town land – of various sizes was donated to towns repeatedly during medieval times and in the 16th and 17th centuries. LÄS MER
2. Hästarnas land : Aristokratisk hästhållning och ridkonst i Svealands yngre järnålder
Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to discuss aristocratic horse-keeping and riding in Late Iron Age central Svealand (e. 550-1060 AD). Horse keeping is studied against the background of historical sources. Horses have been kept out of doors all year round in many areas, with or without human supervision. LÄS MER
3. Till prästens bruk och nytta : Jord till prästgårdar i Sverige under medeltid och tidigmodern tid
Sammanfattning : The thesis examines the origins and the subsequent developments of glebes and parsonages in Sweden. How was land for the provisioning of parish priests, i.e. LÄS MER
4. När floden märkte marken : Om bruket av översvämningsmark längs med Emån och Ätran 1500–1910
Sammanfattning : Large landscape transformations were an integral part of the agricultural revolution in Sweden, starting during the late 18th century. The 19th century was an especially intensive century when it comes to the transformation of the cultural landscape, not the least marked by extensive changes in the use of agricultural wetlands with interventions in watercourses, lowering of lakes and wetland reclamation. LÄS MER
5. The Lie of the Land: Gender, Farm Work, and Land in a Rural Vietnamese Village
Sammanfattning : This anthropological study investigates ways in which perceptions of gender intersect with the everyday dealings of land and farming practices in a village in the northern part of Vietnam. The point of departure for this study is a desire to take a closer look at how processes of gendering actually take place and become meaningful on a day-to-day basis. LÄS MER