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1. 1. The relational construction of a modern suburban landscape : a dialectical understanding of Lomma municipality’s relation to Malmö and its surroundings

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

   Author : Herman Bernström; [2020]
   Keywords : Cultural landscape; dialectical landscape; relational landscape; Lomma; Malmö; discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper sets out to investigate the construction of the municipality of Lomma in southern Sweden, north of Malmö; Sweden’s third-largest and Skåne’s largest city. Based on a dialectical and relational understanding of the construction of landscapes, Lomma is analysed in relation to Malmö and to its own surroundings. READ MORE

3. 2. Att bygga Malmö helt : en kritisk diskursanalys av social hållbarhet som den sista pusselbiten i Malmös stadsomvandling, genom exemplet Amiralsstaden

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

   Author : Ylva Hartman Magnusson; Elsa Karlberg; [2016]
   Keywords : social hållbarhet; attraktivitet; kommunal planering; governance; Malmö; Amiralsstaden; kritisk diskursanalys; kritisk urbangeografi; planeringsteori;

   Abstract : This Master’s thesis is based on a text study of public documents concerning social sustainability and urban development through the densification project of Amiralsstaden in eastern Malmö. Amiralsstaden is the focus because of the municipal ambition of it being a ‘model project’ for socially sustainable urban development. READ MORE

4. 3. The Right to the Soil— Food Production and Agricultural Landscapes Under Capitalism Three Nordic Examples

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

   Author : Christian Lervik; [2015]
   Keywords : agriculture; soil; capitalism; landscape; Scandinavia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Productive agricultural soil is an essential ingredient in the agricultural landscape, which further exists in a dialectical relationship between ruality and the broader society. Soil destruction and industrial farming are common place in Scandinavia today, and resultantly, this essay problematises our ambivalent relationship with soil as part of our material base on one hand, and the consumer driven society as a part of capitalisms inherent need for physical expansion, on the other. READ MORE

5. 4. Den eviga debatten? : om naturalism eller formalism som förhållningssätt inom svensk landskapsarkitektur

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

   Author : Sanna Margareta Eriksson; [2013]
   Keywords : landskapsarkitekturhistoria; landskapsarkitektur; naturalism; formalism; professionalisering;

   Abstract : In this essay, I explore the history of the ideas that have shaped the profession of landscape architecture, in a Swedish context. To this purpose, I have sampled the professional debate on landscape architecture at four points in time. These are the years around 1890, 1930, 1970 and 2010. READ MORE

6. 5. Conservation 2.0: Leveraging social media for fundraising in Kenya – the case of WildlifeDirect

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Elizabeth Mwambui; [2010]
   Keywords : social media; blogs; conservation; Kenya; ICTs;

   Abstract : Social media - Blogs, social networks (Facebook), micro-blogging (Twitter), You Tube, Flickr, Maps, and Mashups (combinations) - has changed the way we work and communicate. Social media are experiencing explosive growth rates and new prominence, not only in the lives of individuals but as tools in democratic processes and social change (Clark 2009, Gilmor 2004). READ MORE