Essays about: "Creative Class"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 58 essays containing the words Creative Class.

  1. 11. The Relationship Between the Growth of Health Amenities and Human Capital : A study examining the relationship between the growth of health amenities and the share of high human capital individuals in the Swedish municipalities

    University essay from

    Author : Johan Nyqvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Health amenities; Human capital; Lifestyle; Health; Amenities; Sport amenities; Retail-oriented health amenities; Creative class;

    Abstract : Despite the well-known benefits associated with physical activity, the lack of physical exercise has risen to become one of the most severe health-related problems of the 21st century. Previous studies have found a good health profile and frequent engagement in physical activities to be positively correlated with productivity and mental well-being. READ MORE

  3. 12. Intersecting Oppressions of Migrant Domestic Workers : (In)Securities of Female Migration to Lebanon

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Janine Gunzelmann; [2020]
    Keywords : Gendered Migration; Migrant Domestic Workers; Intersectionality; Lebanon;

    Abstract : This Master’s thesis explores the intersection of powers that create (in)secure female migration to Lebanon. It contributes to a growing literature corpus about the lives of women, originating from South/ South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, who migrate to Lebanon to work in the domestic work sector. READ MORE

  4. 13. Sustainable Urban Development and the Urban Waterfront: A Case study of Western Harbor, Malmö

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Marie Urfels; [2019]
    Keywords : SDG 11; waterfront development; new-build gentrification; adequate housing; social equity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Increasing urbanization and the commodification of housing have contributed to limited availability of affordable housing in many cities worldwide. Marked-based rent regulations and the redevelop-ment of post-industrial harbor districts have given rise to the emergence of new-build gentrification in many cities. READ MORE

  5. 14. Akerselva The Right Side of The Brain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Mikaela Wigström; [2018]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Oslo has until now been divided into the west and east, separated by categories of economic and social class as well as a physical barrier, the river, Akerselva. The west predominantly represents people of middle to upper class, whereas the east represents the middle to lower class people. READ MORE

  6. 15. (Re)Articulating Sexual Citizenship: Between Queering the Urban Space and Subjugating the Queer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Onur Kiliç; [2018]
    Keywords : politics of space; globalisation; sexuality; sexual citizenship; discourse theory; consumerism; homonormativity; post-industrial city; entrepreneurial city; creative class; post-structuralism; neoliberalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In today’s post-industrial cities, how urban citizenship is defined and performed have been ambiguously positioned in their relationship with the urban societal space. While the cities become more commodified and privatized with the inter-urban competition, the concept of citizenship is put into a tentative position between being participatory political subjects and passive consumers. READ MORE