Sökning: "human occupation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 53 avhandlingar innehållade orden human occupation.

  1. 1. Islescapes : Estonian small islands and islanders through three centuries

    Författare :Tiina Peil; Michael Jones; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Estonian history; island community; island landscape as accumulation; life space; and image; change; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis applies a modification of the concept of landscape to embody physical settings, social behaviour and affixed meanings. The argument focuses on both how a specific environment was created as well as perceived on four Estonian islands from the late seventeenth century until the present. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Towards a theory of natural occupation: developing theoretical, methodological and empirical support for the relation between plot systems and urban processes

    Författare :Evgeniya Bobkova; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; types; urban diversity; urban-morphology; plot systems; statistical analysis; temporal evolution of built form; quantitative descriptions; natural occupation; morphological measures;

    Sammanfattning : Plot systems (or ‘plots’, ‘lots’, ‘parcels’, ‘land divisions’) is a commonly recognised structural component of urban form along with streets and buildings. They play a critical role in understanding urban processes in cities, not least of all because they link directly between the physical world and institutions, such as property rights. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Integration på egen hand : En studie av invandrade kvinnoföretagare i Sverige

    Författare :Saeid Abbasian; Ali Najib; Wuokko Knocke; Sven Nordlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Integration; Ethnicity; Gender; Self-Entrepreneurship; Immigrant women s self-entrepreneurship; Immigrant entrepreneurship; Female entrepreneurship; Working life; Immigration; Labour market; Satisfaction; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : The principal aim of this thesis is to discover and analyse the motives that make immigrant women start their own businesses in Sweden and to investigate whether this is a way to achieve integration in working life. The empirical material consists of two types of interviews. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Från Sorgedalen till Glädjehöjden – omgivningens betydelse för socioekonomisk karriär

    Författare :Eva Andersson; John Jørgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; contextual effects; residential segregation; social justice; socio-economic career; welfare; Gävle; Jönköping; Västerås; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is to analyse the significance of surroundings for an individual's socio-economic career in the form of education, occupational status and income. Guided by a social theoretical perspective the study reveals places of good fortune and places of few opportunities.The approach uses two empirical data sets. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Plats och entreprenörskap : fallet Åre

    Författare :Mikael Skålén; Anders Malmberg; Kjell Haraldsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Local business development; economic geography; social capital; cluster; creative class; place attractiveness; entrepreneurship; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis examines why Åre, the premium skiresort of Sweden, is so successful inproducing new small and medium sized firms. Since the 1980s, Åre has been among the highestranked Swedish municipalities when it comes to new firm formation, and their survial rateis better than in the rest of the country. LÄS MER