Essays about: "time-geography"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the word time-geography.
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1. Accessibility to sports facilities for girls with foreign background : A mixed methods study exploring accessibility and experiences within the sports movement in Stockholm and Huddinge municipality
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenAbstract : The thesis aims to explore accessibility to sports facilities for 10-20-year-old girls with foreign background and their experiences of being a prioritized group, as stated in political sports programs. The participation in sports is low for this group and in Stockholm municipality, where there is a shortage of sports facilities, there are few opportunities to practice. READ MORE
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2. Elderly’s everyday travel as an effect of the pandemic. Understanding travel in Gothenburg from a capability and gender approach
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : People's everyday travel changed dramatically when the world was affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. One group that has been particularly affected by the pandemic, not least by limiting their social contacts or avoiding travel altogether, but also because of the high risk of becoming very ill, is elderly people. READ MORE
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3. The voluntary carless and their leisure mobility
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : In the strive to decrease car dependence, novel ways of thinking about mobility is needed. In this regard, much can be learned from those who voluntarily have refrained from car ownership. However, few studies have focused on the leisure mobility habits of this group in particular. READ MORE
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4. Environmentally friendly, or friendly environment? Exploring environmental sustainability as a motive for residential mobility
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : Considering worldwide urban growth, and the challenges involved concerning sustainable development, the aim of this thesis is to broaden knowledge about the drivers and motivations concerning intra-urban residential mobility. With a specific focus on exploring environmental sustainability as a possible motive for residential mobility, the empirical data is gathered from fourteen semi-structured, in-depth interviews with residents in the Gothenburg metropolitan area, in Sweden. READ MORE
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5. Where life happens. Proximity, everyday life strategies, and gender in the dense city
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : This thesis is about the everyday life in the dense city, and gendered aspects of the everyday. Drawing on the fact that many cities densify in order to increase sustainability, and that gender differences in terms of mobility exist, this thesis takes an interest in how the everyday is achieved while living in the dense city applying theories of gender and time geography. READ MORE