Essays about: "population redistribution"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words population redistribution.

  1. 6. Geographical inequalities in burden of disease at local authority level in Scotland: A subnational analysis for the Scottish Burden of Disease Study 2016

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Georgia Dyer; [2020]
    Keywords : Burden of disease; disability-adjusted life years; years of life lost; years lived with a disability; Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; local authorities; Scotland; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background: Scotland possesses the worst mortality outcomes and slowest improvement in life expectancy of Western Europe. Within Scotland, stark inequalities exist in both morbidity and mortality. There remains paucity in assessment of subnational variation in disease burden. READ MORE

  3. 7. Public Spending on Health: Effects on Child Mortality. A Study of the Population without Social Security in Mexico.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Alejandro Montiel Vilchis; [2020]
    Keywords : child mortality; public health expenditure; health insurance.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The relationship between public spending on health and child mortality has been inconclusive in literature. Discussions about significant associations have largely depended on specific periods and countries studied. This essay focus on the effects of public spending on health on child mortality in the Mexican poorest states. READ MORE

  4. 8. Evaluating structural landscape development in the municipality Upplands-Bro, using landscape metrics indices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Marcus Eriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; landscape development; land use; landscape indices; FRAGSTATS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to evaluate and describe the landscape development in an area located in the municipality of Upplands-Bro, Sweden. The main hypothesis was that the landscape patterns in the study area have changed, as I expected to discover that the landscape has undergone structural changes, in form of both changed land use and changed landscape patch composition. READ MORE

  5. 9. The perceptions of young South Africans to the land reform : -A qualitative study of young people in Stellenbosch

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Julia Nilsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Land reform; South Africa; Stellenbosch; Relative deprivation theory; Inequality; Historical injustices; Redistribution of land;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the opinions of the land reform by the young population in Stellenbosch, South Africa. So far, the land reform that was implemented already in 1994, has not proven to be effective on the country’s huge inequality of land ownership between the black and white population. READ MORE

  6. 10. Daily individuals’ accessibility to other individuals and the impact of changes in intra-travel time on changes in daily accessibility in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Mikrodataanalys

    Author : Amir Golkhari Baghini; [2018]
    Keywords : Individuals’ accessibility; daily mobility; population redistribution; travel time; road network; GIS; Sweden; Dalarna;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this study is to understand how average daily individuals’ accessibility to other individuals has changed in Sweden and what the impact of changes in intra-travel time is on changes in daily individuals’ accessibility in Dalarna County. This thesis was conducted by applying quantitative research method via secondary data collection method. READ MORE