Essays about: "municipality monopoly"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words municipality monopoly.

  1. 1. Planning for Eventual Flooding : How municipalities can adapt to floods with Umeå municipality as case study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Tilde Ericsson; [2022]
    Keywords : flooding; climate change adaptation; spatial planning; local municipality planning;

    Abstract : Flooding is already an issue that occurs from time to time. With climate changes the frequency of floods that occur due to heavy rainfall will most likely increase. Sweden is no exception and cities in Sweden have been victims of heavy rainfall events and floods. This leads to a need of climate change adaptation in municipalities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analysis of price and quantity competition between public and private housing firms in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Noah Englesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Housing market; monopoly power; public sector; competition; Lerner Index; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This bachelor’s thesis concerns the Swedish housing market and how the publicly and privately owned firms may differ in goals, costs, and actions. Building upon a theoretical foundation of different models of competition and the Lerner Index’s measurement of monopoly power, an empirical investigation is made into whether competition on the Swedish housing market mainly expresses itself in price, quantity, or both, as well as how competition may vary across different kinds of municipalities. READ MORE

  4. 3. The need for social acceptance : Creating a legitimate planning process of a Moomin theme park

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Johanna Knutsson; [2019]
    Keywords : legitimacy; participation; media; spatial planning; Sweden;

    Abstract : The research in this paper examined the legitimacy of land-use planning when there are polarizing views of how a specific project should develop. The focused was on the case study of Skutberget in the municipality of Karlstad, Sweden, were two separate planning processes are ongoing. READ MORE

  5. 4. Grön klimatanpassning i fysisk planering : förslag till åtta gröna strategier för Mariestads klimatanpassningsplan

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

    Author : Mona Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : fysisk planering; grön klimatanpassning; långsiktig hållbarhet; grönstruktur; ekosystemtjänster;

    Abstract : Just nu pågår en global uppvärmning. Forskning visar att det sker globala förändringar i klimatet till följd av de ökade koldioxidutsläpp som människan varit orsak till under 1900-talet. Globalt märks temperaturförändringarna tydligt genom stigande havsnivåer och minskningar av glaciär- och inlandsisar (Naturvårdsverket, 2016a). READ MORE

  6. 5. Why isn't there enough housing?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Faber; [2018]
    Keywords : municipality monopoly; building permit; housing shortage; shift in power; Difference-in-difference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In 1947 the municipalities in Sweden received the monopoly to decide on and plan their land. Despite this, over 80 percent of the municipalities in Sweden say they experience lack of housing today. This thesis applies The Homevoter Hypothesis introduced by William A. READ MORE