Essays about: "Social and economic geography"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 63 essays containing the words Social and economic geography.
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6. GIS and Tourism: Developing strategies for new touristic flows after the Covid-19 pandemic
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : The goal of this article is to propose, through the use of GIS software, an interdisciplinary method to suggest new touristic flows after the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, the aim is to identify those sites of cultural and landscape interest that are little known but with great artistic, cultural, historical and environmental value that could give new vigour to the tourism sector. READ MORE
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7. Living Transnational Financial Lives: Exploring the Everyday Financial Practices, Networks and Subjectivities of Singaporeans in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : This thesis examines the everyday financial lives of transnational migrants through the case of Singaporean migrants in Sweden. Drawing upon the scholarship on the financialisation of everyday life and transnational migration across economic and sociocultural geography, this thesis develops a conceptual framework that explores the everyday financial practices, networks and subjectivities that shape the lived financial realities of transnational migrants and how the complex and overlapping relationships between these different aspects of the financial everyday shapes the formation of the transnational financial subject. READ MORE
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8. Forgotten Practices: A case study of social struggles in agrarian Uppsala, and its implications for Swedish farming
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : This thesis set out to map the relation Swedish farmers have to their occupation and production, while also investigating what challenges farmers experience which in turn might affect social sustainability in Swedish agriculture negatively. Agriculture was approached as a case of low social sustainability based on the fact that more than one-third of Swedish farmers are over retiring age, while young people increasingly seem to move away from the sector. READ MORE
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9. I think I'll have myself a (local) beer
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : There is a consensus in circles of academia and policy that the term ‘local’ is used to differentiate food systems that are not of a global or national scale. While many have looked to define local in specific regional settings and contexts, little has been done to understand the different discourses of local in different sectors of the food & beverage (F&B) industry. READ MORE
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10. A Socio-Spatial Approach to Enabling Social Entrepreneurship. Examining the Role and Accessibility of Places of Support in Bogotá
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Social entrepreneurship integrates a focus on tackling social issues with economically sustainable business activities, thereby also presenting a new form of private sector engagement in development work. This mixed-method case study contributes to the nascent body of academic literature by examining the role and accessibility of the social entrepreneurship support ecosystem in the context of Colombia’s capital Bogotá. READ MORE
