Essays about: "Outmigration"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word Outmigration.
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1. Health care accessibility and second homes: A spatial analysis in South-East Norway
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografiAbstract : While the government in Norway strives for equity in health and access, factors of urbanization, modernization, and sustainable development may discourage advancement in rural municipalities. In the rural hinterlands, often where the mountain belt resides, this is known to be caused by declining employment-rates in typical rural industries like agriculture and forestry. READ MORE
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2. Can Land Policy Be Gender-Neutral? Evaluating the Impact of Mexico's 1992 Land Titling Reform on Female Empowerment
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Many recent land titling reforms have failed to include a gender perspective. In a context of deep-rooted gender disparities, this omission can give rise to gendered effects on land rights. READ MORE
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3. Sustained Asymmetries: Norrland and sustainable development as envisioned by the ecological modernization and environmental justice discourses
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The gap between rural and urban is widening in ways that reward urban lifestyles and undermine the interests of rural communities. The asymmetrical power relation between rural and urban is relevant in a Swedish context where Norrland, Sweden's northernmost region, is experiencing outmigration and cutbacks in welfare services all the while urban centers in southern Sweden attract innovation, economic capital and an inflow of young, educated people. READ MORE
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4. Farmers’ perspectives on male out-migration and the future of agrarian livelihoods in Rwanda : case studies from Rudashya and Kiryango villages
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Rural out-migration is prevalent phenomenon throughout the Global South. In this study, I explore the effects of male out-migration on the agrarian livelihoods of the farmers‟ households in Rwanda. READ MORE
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5. Health Care Accessibility in Upper Norrland : Accessibility Profile by means of a Network Analysis
University essay from Umeå universitet/KulturgeografiAbstract : In the temporary context of rural out-outmigration, growing agglomerations, demographic ageing andmedical advancement, the task of providing all inhabitants with sufficient health care accessibility hasbecome a challenge. Especially in rural regions like Sweden’s Upper Norrland, where the populationdensity is in most parts at a European minimum. READ MORE