Essays about: "rural housing"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 214 essays containing the words rural housing.
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1. Tapestry of rural lives : trust and ties within BYGDSAM association
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Local communities across Europe have been experiencing a decline in population and public services. To counter this trend, civil society often steps up through voluntary associations. READ MORE
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2. "They call us corona boys". A qualitative study of multilocal lifeworlds and social implications of multilocality during the Covid-19-pandemic in the area of Åre, Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : In accordance with contemporary scholars, the identified increase of urban-rural mobility during the pandemic testifies that multilocality, in terms of living an everyday life in more than one place, is gaining momentum (Di Marino, 2022; Willberg, 2021). In a Swedish context, however, the qualitative research on this emerging housing phenomena is sparse, despite the rich tradition of examining nonresidential housing in terms of second homes. READ MORE
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3. House price and fertility behavior among different families - Empirical study from CFPS data
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper uses panel data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to examine the relationship between housing prices and fertility behavior in China, this paper analyzes sample data from 2014, 2016 and 2018 and uses Probit model and the logit model to study how house price affects fertility behavior among different families, furthermore, after the removal of One Child Policy, how the fertility behavior would react to house price. The study found that rising housing prices have a significant negative impact on fertility behavior, and that this negative impact persists even when using instrumental variables to control for endogeneity. READ MORE
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4. Living with the surrounding conditions - Towards a more sustainable way of dwelling in an urban context
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Historically, inhabitants have always altered their domestic spaces to adapt to different environmental conditions and to meet personal needs. Especially in rural dwellings, lowtech but very effective and simple ways of adaptations have been and are still in use. READ MORE
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5. Understanding Access to Clean Cooking Fuels in Kenya
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Adoption of clean cooking fuels is conditioned by factors known as barriers and enablers, which characterize the decision-making environment of a household. Access to clean cooking is a target part of the Sustainable Development Goals, yet it currently stands at 19.5% in Kenya. READ MORE