Essays about: "sparsely populated areas"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the words sparsely populated areas.

1. 11. Hållbar mobilitet i skidorter : en studie av arbetet för en hållbar mobilitet i svenska fjälldestinationer

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

   Author : Johan Hultman; [2018]
   Keywords : hållbar; mobilitet; turism; Åre; fjällturism; transporter i skidorter;

   Abstract : Denna studie handlar om hur fjällturism på olika sätt kan arbeta för att minska sin miljöpåverkan av persontransporter. Det finns en tydlig trend inom dagens turism som säger att naturen lockar fler människor än någonsin. Turistdestinationer i svenska fjällen beräknas få fler turister och en ökad besöksnäring. READ MORE

3. 12. Village Reimagined : The Transformation of Bíldudalur

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Matilda Lundmark; [2018]
   Keywords : Architecture;

   Abstract : Today, more than 50 percent of people worldwide live in urban areas and the World Health Organization predicts that the urbanization of our planet will continue to increase. Question is how the rural communities will evolve?  Will they simply become remains from out past, or will they play a part in our future societies?  Village Reimagined is a case study about the sparsely populated communities in Iceland. READ MORE

4. 13. The phenomenon of rural depopulation in the Swedish landscape : Turning the trends

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : Afroditi Manakou; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The objective of the study at hand is to explore the phenomenon of rural depopulation and more specifically to find out what are the methods that a region can apply in order to reverse it. Rural depopulation is a phenomenon that started taking place at the beginning of the century in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 14. Assessing the Accessibility of Police Services in Sweden

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Richard Stassen; [2018]
   Keywords : Central Place Theory; Sweden; policing; GIS; rural mobility;

   Abstract : Providing a nation’s citizens with timely and effective police services is a complex task, particularly in rural areas where limited resources must be allocated across vast, sparsely populated areas—to date, little research has sought to understand this process. The aim of this thesis is to assess the accessibility of police services in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 15. Bredbandsutbyggnad på svensk landsbygd. En studie av kommuner i Uppsala län

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

   Author : Marcus Bergvall; [2017]
   Keywords : Cumulative; Municipality; Broadband; Infrastructure; Causation; Uppsala; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The ongoing rural debate spans across a wide range of issues related to both macro and micro levels. Considering the new rural enquiry, the aim is to investigate how municipalities manage national broadband development goals. READ MORE