Sökning: "metropolitan policy"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade orden metropolitan policy.

  1. 16. Understanding processes and travel behaviour changes connected to electric vehicle adoption

    Författare :Joram H.M. Langbroek; Joel P. Franklin; Yusak Susilo; Jilian Anable; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Transportvetenskap; Transport Science;

    Sammanfattning : The use of electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to increase the sustainability of the transport system, especially in case of unchanged or decreased car use, eco-driving and charging during hours of low electricity demand in case of an electricity generation mix with a large share of renewable energy sources. However, EVs still use much energy and EV-use does not solve problems regarding accessibility, social equity, traffic safety and has only a limited beneficial effect on liveability (e. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Economic dynamism : essays on firm entry and firm growth

    Författare :Niklas Elert; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Dan Johansson; Niklas Rudholm; Erik Stam; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; innovation; firm entry; regional economics; Gibrat s law; firm growth; firm size; gazelles; high-growth firms; highimpact firms; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The topic of this thesis is economic dynamism. The five articles contribute to the literature on firm entry and firm growth. Studies are based on a dataset covering all Swedish limited liability firms between 1997 and 2010. LÄS MER

  4. 18. A Shift in Urban Mobility and Parking? : Exploring Policies in Relation to Practices

    Författare :Fredrik Johansson; Greger Henriksson; Jonas Åkerman; Pelle Envall; Greg Marsden; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parking; mobility services; flexible parking requirements; sustainable mobility paradigm; Strategier för hållbar utveckling; Strategies for sustainable development;

    Sammanfattning : The transport sector is associated with many environmental challenges, including carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Research indicate that CO2 emissions should decrease by at least 50 % per decade in order to be in line with the Paris Agreement, and the transport sector is highlighted as a particularly challenging sector. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Empirical Essays on Wage Setting and Immigrant Labor Market Opportunities

    Författare :Tove Eliasson; Oskar Nordström Skans; Per-Anders Edin; Tor Eriksson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm sorting; mobility; wage assimilation; host country specific human capital; employer learning; self-employment; immigrant entrepreneurs; capital access; information asymmetry; minority representation; collective bargaining; turnover; hours of work; labor input; labor costs; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1: This essay estimates wage assimilation among non-western immigrants in Sweden, controlling for selection into employment by including individual fixed effects. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Between the Highway and the Red Dirt Track : Subaltern Urbanization and Census Towns in India

    Författare :Srilata Sircar; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; India; Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi; Subaltern urbanization; census towns; urban theory; postcolonial;

    Sammanfattning : In the 2011 census of India, more than 2500 settlements have been newly inducted into the category of ‘census towns’ – the lowest size-class of urban settlements in India. This is a staggering figure in light of the observation that a comparable number constituted the total number of all urban settlements recorded since 1900. LÄS MER