Essays about: "public health in rural and urban areas"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the words public health in rural and urban areas.

  1. 21. Landsbygd i översiktsplanering : en rumslig diskursanalys med exemplet Svedala

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Natalie Coquand; [2016]
    Keywords : diskurs; landsbygd; översiktsplan; representation; makt; rumsbegrepp; dikotomi;

    Abstract : Urbanization and urban planning have increasingly taken the fokus from the countryside to urban centers and have left rural areas in the shadows of the debate. This has ultimately led to polarizing between cities and rural areas. READ MORE

  3. 22. Stressrestoration i urbana miljöer : en platsanalys av Uppsala entré och Frodeparken

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Fredrika Thomasdotter; Nima Karimzadeh; [2016]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; miljöpsykologi; restoration; stadsplanering; stress;

    Abstract : Grönska och natur har många positiva effekter på individers hälsa. Då vissa städer växer och förtätas minskar grönytorna i staden och utrymme för rekreation och återhämtning i natur minskar. Detta i takt med att stress och utmattningssyndrom bland allmänheten ökar markant. READ MORE

  4. 23. Bridging the Gaps : A Field Study on the Impact of Societal Gaps on Livelihoods in Lichinga Municipality, Mozambique

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Juliana Bennett; Ulrike Luise Bens; [2016]
    Keywords : Mozambique; Lichinga Municipality; Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; Households; Gaps;

    Abstract : This study was performed in the spring of 2016 in the Lichinga municipality in northern Mozambique, as a part of the Master Programme in Peace and Development Work at Linnaeus University in Växjo, Sweden. The agricultural dynamics within Mozambique point to the need for this sector to be the cornerstone of development, since 80% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector yet only making up a quarter of the country’s GDP. READ MORE

  5. 24. Hundpromenaden i Uppsala tätort

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Andrea Hagerfors; [2016]
    Keywords : fysisk aktivitet; grönområden; hundpromenad; folkhälsa; stadsplanering;

    Abstract : I takt med att våra städer förtätas ökar vikten av en varierande stadsmiljö. De olika stadsrummen ska tillgodose en ökande befolknings behov i form av olika aktivitetsmöjligheter. Den grönska som finns i staden har många kvaliteter då den både ger människor ökat välmående och rekreation. READ MORE

  6. 25. Measuring urban growth, urban form and accessibility as indicators of urban sprawl in Hamilton, New Zealand

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Deborah Bowyer; [2015]
    Keywords : GIS; urban sprawl; urban growth; urban form; accessibility; New Zealand; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Hamilton City is currently the fourth most populous territorial authority in New Zealand. The city boundary was extended in 1989 in order to provide sufficient land for urban growth for at least 25 years. Despite being neither unplanned nor unchecked, urban growth within this boundary has been branded by the media as urban sprawl. READ MORE