Sökning: "small towns"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden small towns.

  1. 1. Småstadens dynamik. Skänninges och Vadstenas befolkning och kontaktfält ca 1630-1660

    Författare :Claes Westling; Dag Lindström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Demografi; befolkning; hantverkare; köpmän; Skänninge; Vadstena; History; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to modify the image of pre-industrial towns as towns of minor importance, i.e. passive and with low population and agrarian economical structure. The questions linked to the theoretical problem of this study are derived from these arguments. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The bright lights grow fainter : livelihoods, migration and a small town in Zimbabwe

    Författare :Agnes Andersson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Zimbabwe; livelihood; migration; mobility; provisioning; structural adjustment; Rusape; small towns; kin networks; Human Geography; kulturgeografi; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : The Aids pandemic and structural adjustment policies (SAP) have had effects on lower income households in Zimbabwe which have been devastating and people have been required to adapt their livelihood strategies. Small towns meanwhile are growing rapidly in Zimbabwe and mobility towards these towns may be connected with the changes being forged by SAP on the economic landscape. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Geographies of Place Branding : Researching through small and medium sized cities

    Författare :Ida Andersson; Brita Hermelin; Gunnel Forsberg; Andy Pike; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Place branding; place marketing; small and medium sized cities; hotels; flagship buildings; policy tourism; policy boosterism; green cities; regional development; economic geography; Sweden; Växjö; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : Place branding is commonly conceptualized with a focus on big cities, such as London, New York and Singapore, building from concepts and models from mainstream branding theory. In contrast to such conceptualizations, this thesis focuses on place branding in small and medium-sized cities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. 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

  7. 5. Bilder av småstaden - om estetisk värdering av en stadstyp; Images of the Small Town - on Aesthetic Evaluation of a Townscape

    Författare :Catharina Sternudd; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental health; Karlshamn; urban kvalitet; stadsmiljö; småstadsbebyggelse; estetisk värdering; småstad; stadsplanering; arkitektur; urban aesthetics; townscape; aesthetic evaluation; small town; Architecture; urban design; Miljömedicin; interior design; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis takes its starting-point in the last years' growing interests in the small town as an architectural concept. Pre-industrial small towns are used as visual and structural models for very attractive new settlements in Sweden. LÄS MER