Essays about: "housing associations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words housing associations.

  1. 1. Tapestry of rural lives : trust and ties within BYGDSAM association

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Zana-Sofia Merdovic; [2024]
    Keywords : weak ties; civil associations; rural development;

    Abstract : Local communities across Europe have been experiencing a decline in population and public services. To counter this trend, civil society often steps up through voluntary associations. READ MORE

  3. 2. A sovereign abode – Democracy, discipline and deliberation in a Swedish housing association from 1943 to the present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Marcus Schmidt; [2021]
    Keywords : Autonomy; civil society; collective decision-making; freedom; Hannah Arendt; Jürgen Habermas.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since its inception, the discipline of sociology has struggled to bridge the gap between structure and agency. How is it that individuals can be free whilst also part of a larger context that determines their actions? This study aims to make a small contribution towards solving this conundrum. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Act of Translation

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

    Author : Marie Leithoff Christensen; [2021]
    Keywords : Actor-Network Theory; belonging; territorialization; Malmö; urban environment; migration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Malmö is an expanding, globalised and multicultural city with the aim to be sustainable and green. Throughout this aim, there is the actuality of negotiating space: space for housing, space for activity and green space for nature. Many different preferences of when, how and why to use public space meet and friction is inevitable. READ MORE

  5. 4. Household overcrowding in Stockholm : A study of its spatial distribution and associations with socio-economic, demographic and housing characteristics at a small-scale neighborhood level

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Sanna Falk; [2021]
    Keywords : Household overcrowding; neighborhood characteristics; cluster analysis; segregation; housing policy; urban planning; Stockholm.; Trångboddhet;

    Abstract : Existing studies of household overcrowding in Sweden are often descriptive and examine patterns at a large scale. Levels of overcrowding have increased since the mid-1980s and the highest shares are found in the largest cities among residents with a low income, a migration background, living in rental apartments, and often with children. READ MORE

  6. 5. Japanese encephalitis in small-scale pig raising in rural Cambodia : Seroprevalence, reproductive disorders and disease awareness

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Ellinor Henriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese encephalitis; JE; Japanese encephalitis virus; JEV; Cambodia; pig; swine; vaccination; seroprevalence; reproduction; disease knowledge; mosquito-borne diseases; prevention;

    Abstract : Japanese encephalitis (JE) is endemic in several Asian countries, including Cambodia. It is a neurologic disease caused by the mosquito-borne virus JEV, which infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts. In humans, infection is usually subclinical, but one out of around 250 infected people develop acute encephalitis. READ MORE