Sökning: "samhälleliga drivkrafter"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden samhälleliga drivkrafter.
1. Vinna och försvinna? : Drivkrafter bakom ungdomars utflyttning från mindre orter
Sammanfattning : Starting in the everyday life of Söderhamn’s youth, this thesis presents the driving forces that affect youth as they make decisions to stay in or to leave their home region.The research has been done with an interactive approach in close collaboration with youth and adults, and a number of different methods have been used. LÄS MER
2. City structure - societal driving forces and effects (in Book & Eskilsson: City structure. Why and how?)
Sammanfattning : Why do cities appear the way they do? What are the underlying forces that contribute to its built environment and transport system? What/whom are the factors/actors that influence the ways in which the city is shaped? How can the international differences in the shape of cities be explained? The driving forces that shape the city are numerous and complex. City structure, has through the ages, been influenced by new technologies, social agencies and planning ideals. LÄS MER
3. Large-Scale Land Acquisitions as a Driver of Socio-Environmental Change : From the Pixel to the Globe
Sammanfattning : A major challenge of our time is to sustainably produce food and other goods for a growing global population, without putting additional pressures on land and water resources and local people’s quality of life. Large-scale agriculture has brought many benefits to humanity in terms of food production but has also caused multiple sustainability challenges, including land and water degradation, deforestation, and biodiversity loss in areas of production. LÄS MER
4. Get it off the ground – Facilitating water-related environmental measures to support agricultural managers in business model innovation processes for sustainability
Sammanfattning : Agricultural businesses, which currently maintain, manage, create, and capture economic value from natural resources on farmland, play an important role in creating sustainable economic, environmental, and social value through maintaining and utilising a variety of ecosystem services in addition to traditional food production. This thesis focuses on ecosystem services that derive from water-related environmental measures (WREMs). LÄS MER
5. Essays on Sickness Insurance, Absence Certification and Social Norms
Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and three essays, considering sickness insurance, social norms and absence certification. The first essay, Group-Specific Social Norms and Economic Incentives in a General Welfare System, investigates the interaction between economic incentives and social influences in a general welfare system. LÄS MER