Essays about: "deindustrialization"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the word deindustrialization.

  1. 11. Hamnområde i omvandling : ett gestaltningsförslag för Varvsstadens nya offentliga rum

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

    Author : Ellen Arkander; Anna Nordahl; [2017]
    Keywords : stadsomvandling; hamnomvandling; gestaltningsförslag; Varvsstaden; landskapsarkitektur;

    Abstract : Hamnområden tillhör vår tids viktigaste omvandlingsområden på grund av deras centrala placering i städerna. Trots sina kulturella, geografiska och sociala lager har dessa hamnområden ofta omvandlats till generiska områden som ser likadana ut över stora delar av västvärlden. READ MORE

  3. 12. Ringön: en stadsdel där industrin får plats : hur stadsutvecklingsprocesser kan medges i en tid av återindustrialisering

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

    Author : Stella Svanberg; [2015]
    Keywords : återindustrialisering; funktionsintegrering; industriområde; industri; stadsbyggnad; platspecifitet; inkrementell stadsutveckling; visualisering;

    Abstract : I det här examensarbetet undersöks industrins plats i staden med Ringöns industriområde i Göteborg som objekt för undersökningen. Arbetet tar upp flera anledningar till att ifrågasätta industriverksamhetens frånvaro i västvärlden och, framför allt, i staden. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Complexity of an Oil Economy : A theoretical analysis of the Angolan economy as a complex adaptive system

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Jennifer Sandmark; [2015]
    Keywords : Angola; complexity; agent-based computational economics; Dutch disease;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the development and current state of the Angolan economy is analyzed on the basis of complexity theory in order to emphasize the interactions and relationships of the heterogeneous agents in it as well as the consequences of those interactions for the economy as a whole. A political economy approach is used to analyze the dualities and polarizations in the economy, and two stylized facts are identified as important for understanding the development of the Angolan economy; the deindustrialization of a country due to a booming oil sector causing an exchange rate appreciation in the core model of Max Corden (1984), and extractive institutions in a former colony hampering investments and development in the economy due to lack of protection of property rights (Acemoglu et al, 2001). READ MORE

  5. 14. A lot of grassroots : possibilities for vacant land in the shrinking city Detroit

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

    Author : Rebecka Rosén; [2014]
    Keywords : Detroit; shrinking city; grassroots; landscape urbanism; vacant land; urban transformation; bottom-up perspective;

    Abstract : Shrinking cities are to be found all over the world with various reasons for shrinkage, all somewhat connected to globalization. Through a literature review of current research and connected to contemporary landscape architecture theory the phenomenon has been studied. This thesis presents why, where and how cities are shrinking. READ MORE

  6. 15. The implication of economic partnership agreement for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific groups : a general equilibrium analysis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Alemnesh Adamu Angelo; [2013]
    Keywords : Computable general equilibrium model; Africa; Caribbean and Pacific regions; international trade; preferential trade agreement; rules of origin;

    Abstract : European Union (EU) is the major trading partner for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The trade relationship between the two regions has been based on the non-reciprocal trade preference granted by EU through series of Lome conventions. READ MORE