Essays about: "geography of justice"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words geography of justice.

1. 6. Gender Renovation : A case study analysis of the feminist urban development project #UrbanGirlsMovement discussing gender-transformative urban planning techniques as a means for more equal cities

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Emelie Anneroth; [2019]
   Keywords : #UrbanGirlsMovement; Fittja; gender-transformative urban planning; intersectionality; Million Dwellings Program; participation; territorial stigmatization.;

   Abstract : This thesis is a case study analysis of the feminist urban development project #UrbanGirlsMovement discussing how gender-transformative urban planning techniques impact local girls in the Million Dwellings Program area Fittja south of Stockholm. The thesis draws on a theoretical framework of feminist geography, intersectionality, and territorial stigmatization to analyze narratives from eleven girls participating in #UrbanGirlsMovement. READ MORE

3. 7. Perspectives on urban justice: is sustainable Malmö reality or utopia? A spatial analysis of socio-economic inequalities in availability of urban green spaces in Malmö, Sweden

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

   Author : Jessica Nilsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Urban Green Spaces; Malmö; Social Sustainability; Social and Environmental Justice; Geographic Information Systems; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : UGS can provide extensive health benefits for city dwellers, especially those with close availability. However, previous research in the US has shown that UGS are not equally distributed within the city. This paper uses an urban justice approach to examine the distribution of UGS in Malmö, Sweden. READ MORE

4. 8. Swedish Trade Unions’ Alliances - Geographical strategies and motivations

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

   Author : Sara Falkensjö; [2017-08-17]
   Keywords : trade unions; geographical strategies; agency; scale; geography of justice; Sweden;

   Abstract : Workers’ agency, and their struggles to potentially increase their agency, has been and still is intriguing labour geographers. The relevance and potential of the role of the trade union for workers’ power is an interesting subject in a time of international competition and economic disparities. READ MORE

5. 9. Rätten till staden : en kritisk granskning av medborgardeltagande inom svensk stadsplanering

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

   Author : Elisabeth Nielsen Björck; [2013]
   Keywords : medborgardeltagande; stadsplanering; kritisk teori; planerare; rättvisa; etik;

   Abstract : Målet med denna kandidatuppsats är att kritiskt granska medborgardeltagande inom svensk stadsplanering. Medborgardeltagande studeras i en samhällelig, ekonomisk och politisk kontext, med kritisk teori som utgångspunkt. Uppsatsen bygger på en litteraturstudie. READ MORE

6. 10. Kaliningrad Transit: Why to facilitate?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Ekaterina Kiseleva; [2011]
   Keywords : Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Kaliningrad transit: Why to facilitate? As well as the title, this study is divided into two parts: the first one is about Kaliningrad transit assessed against the wide historic and socio-economic background, and the second one presents reasoning of general international law, as well as of international human rights law in favour of Kaliningrad transit facilitation. Here the Kaliningrad transit stands for the regulation of private passenger movement by rail between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of Russia via Lithuania and Belarus. READ MORE