Sökning: "the last frontier"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden the last frontier.

1. 1. The Last Urban Frontier : Commodification of Public Space and the Right to the City in Insurgent Hong Kong

   Författare :Elton Chan; Sociologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public space; commodification; protest; right to the city; Hong Kong;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the production and transformation of public spaces in Hong Kong, a city that is steeped in neoliberal ideals and has seen substantial deterioration in terms of democratic rights and freedoms in recent years. As a result of the expansion of neoliberal capitalism, commodification of urban space has not only exacerbated, but also become more far-reaching and indiscriminate. LÄS MER

3. 2. Enhancing the industrial use of process capability studies

   Författare :Mats Deleryd; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Kvalitetsteknik; Quality Technology and Management;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is focused on how the industrial use of process capability studies can be improved. This aim is achieved by using two different approaches. As a first approach the gap between the theoretical frontier and practitioners use of process capability studies is identified, quantified, and explained. LÄS MER

4. 3. Experimental Investigations of Heat Transfer in a Channel with Ribs and Obstacle

   Författare :Zahra Ghorbani-Tari; Värmeöverföring; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Liquid crystal thermography; ribs; entrance region; control the heat transfer around an obstacle by rib;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis presents experimental investigations of local heat transfer in a rectangular channel (aspect ratio AR = 4) with continuous transverse ribs as well as an obstacle. Liquid crystal thermography (LCT) is employed to obtain the temperature fields in the heat transfer experiments. LÄS MER

5. 4. Colonizing Fever : Race and Media Cultures in Late Nineteenth-Century Sweden

   Författare :Åsa Bharathi Larsson; Pelle Snickars; Jan von Bonsdorff; Patrik Steorn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; media cultures; race; late nineteenth century; visual representations of the colonial world; colonialism; Sweden; postcolonial theory; urban everyday life; scientific expeditions; entertainment; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation focuses on visual representations of the colonial world in late nineteenth-century Sweden. Situated at the intersection between postcolonial studies, visual culture studies and cultural histories of media, the study has a threefold aim. LÄS MER

7. 5. Shifting Responsibilities and Shifting Terrains : State Responsibility, Corporate Social Responsibility and Indigenous Claims

   Författare :Rebecca Lawrence; Barbara Hobson; Andrew Barry; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Indigenous rights; Corporate Social Responsibility; resource conflicts; welfare services; forestry; finance; windpower; internal colonisation; market rationalities; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : Using case studies from Australia, Sweden and Finland, and also drawing on examples from parts of Asia, including Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Thailand, the thesis explores how state and market actors respond to Indigenous claims and how Indigenous claims are themselves reconstituted through those particular responses. While the duty of protecting Indigenous rights might nominally fall upon the state, we are increasingly witness to the enfolding of market actors and market rationalities in debates concerning Indigenous claims. LÄS MER