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1. 1. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Melissa Lennartsson; [2024-01-26]
   Keywords : Vulnerable areas; urban policy; place-making; advanced urban marginality; safety security nexus; neoliberalism; Gothenburg;

   Abstract : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. READ MORE

3. 2. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nicholas Eklund; [2024]
   Keywords : spatial theory; Liberia; Sierra Leone; environmental peacebuilding; conservation; case study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. READ MORE

4. 3. Station-level demand prediction in bike-sharing systems through machine learning and deep learning methods

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Nikolaos Staikos; [2024]
   Keywords : Physical Geography; Ecosystem Analysis; Bike-sharing demand; Machine learning; Deep learning; Spatial regression; Graph Convolutional Neural Network; Multiple Linear Regression; Multilayer Perceptron Regressor; Support Vector Machine; Random Forest Regressor; Urban environment; Micro-mobility; Station planning; Geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Public Bike-Sharing systems have been employed in many cities around the globe. Shared bikes are an efficient and convenient means of transportation in advanced societies. Nonetheless, station planning and local bike-sharing network effectiveness can be challenging. READ MORE

5. 4. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Félice Rubin; [2024]
   Keywords : Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. READ MORE

6. 5. Migration trajectories of Nigerian students in the United Kingdom: A study of their social integration experiences

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : SEUN OLUSOLA AJETOMOBI; [2024]
   Keywords : Nigeria; ethnic relations; social connection; sense of belonging; social integration;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate social integration experiences of Nigerian students in the United Kingdom, focusing on the influence off participating in social activities and building connections with the local community. The research aims to understand how these factors contribute to the overall social integration of Nigerian students in the United Kingdom. READ MORE