Essays about: "David Harvey"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words David Harvey.

  1. 1. Exploring land grabbing in Ethiopia - narratives & livelihood implications.

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Aylin Nguyen; Linnea Widholm Ivarsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Smallholders; Agriculture development; Agriculture commercialization; local livelihoods; Growth and Transformation Plan; land relations;

    Abstract : The land grabbing phenomena grew in both reported cases and in scholarly interest after the 2008 financial crisis. The concept of land grabbing has been greatly debated and some have chosen the term large scale land acquisition instead, focusing on win-win outcomes while the land grabbing term rather focuses on the unequal power relations involved. READ MORE

  3. 2. Othering Heights : A critical urban approach to the narratives embedding the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Anna Stohr; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban studies; conviviality; convivial urbanism; Halmstad; Österskans; Sweden; critical urbanism; socio-spatialisation; placemaking; urban design; social sustainability; the built environment; segregation; urbanisation; public space; cityscape; neoliberal planning; densification; social mobility; spatial theory; uneven geographical development; the right to the city; David Harvey; thinking spatially; discourse;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden from the approach of critical urbanism. With a steady increase of population growth for the past decades and despite the income level of the municipality's population being above the national average - the socio-economic segregation in Halmstad is prevalent. READ MORE

  4. 3. Stadsrummet i den nyliberala eran : analys av Hyllies stadsrum ur ett historiematerialistiskt perspektiv

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

    Author : Otto Lundberg; [2020]
    Keywords : nyliberalism; neoliberalism; planering; planning; Hyllie; Malmö; marknadskrafter; rätten till staden; the right to the city; urbanism;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur marknadskrafter har påverkat på stadsrummet i Hyllie. Uppsatsen tar i huvudsak avstamp från marxistisk akademisk tradition, med akademiker såsom Hénri Lefebvre och David Harvey. Uppsatsen försöker utröna maktförhållanden, det vill säga till vems fördel har planeringen ägt rum. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Application of Harvey’s Theories into China’s Urbanization of Capital

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Yun Ma; [2019]
    Keywords : Key words: David Harvey; China; urbanization; capital; land finance.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : China's rapid urbanization since the reform and opening up in 1978 has drawn international attention. Scholars like David Harvey has written a lot regarding the capitalized urbanizaiton in China. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Like in Europe”: Promotional Discourses of the Stipend Reduction and Justification of the Neoliberal Transformations in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Daria Popova; [2019]
    Keywords : Neoliberalism; post-Soviet Ukraine; post-Maidan politics; nationalism; neoliberal state.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research explores the promotional discourses the neoliberal experts and politicians use to legitimise the stipend shortages to the students, whose interests this policy contradicts. The thesis argues that the proponents of the reform established the dialogue with the opposition in order to avoid the large-scale protests against the policy. READ MORE