Essays about: "time-geography"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the word time-geography.

  1. 16. Can we make it in time? An analysis of wheelchair users’ and elders’ accessibility to public transportation and green spaces in Landskrona City

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

    Author : Saba Shahriari; [2014]
    Keywords : Green Spaces; Time-geography; Public Transit; Disabilities; Accessibility; GIS; Quantitative Approach; Qualitative Approach; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Mobility constitutes an important aspect in order to create quality of life, where a well working public transportation can decrease the level of stress and create more “flow” in the everyday life (Atkins 2009). However, not all individuals have the mobility prerequisites; for people with disabilities, the preconditions of movement are limited. READ MORE

  3. 17. Historical perspectives on landscape and contemporary planning challenges : how landscape dynamics and the landscape’s past can contribute to current landscape planning

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

    Author : Anna Brånhult; [2013]
    Keywords : historic landscape analysis; landscape change; landscape history; landscape dynamics; planning; driving forces; Hägerstrand; Antrop; Bjäre;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to explore how landscape dynamics and past landscape developments can contribute to current landscape planning. Through a literature review and a case study of the landscape’s historical development on the Bjäre peninsula, approaches for investigating and understanding past landscape developments and landscape dynamics are presented. READ MORE

  4. 18. Synthesizing Time Geography and Actor-Network Theory - An ontological discussion combining Time Geography and Actor-Network Theory concepts with regard to telepresence

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

    Author : René Brauer; [2012-09-21]
    Keywords : Time Geography; Actor-Network Theory; ANT; ; telepresence; Information and Communication Technologies; ICT;

    Abstract : Geography of the 21th century requires a conceptual understanding of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their impact on society. Some geographers previously treated them as anomalies or succumbing to techno-deterministic predictions and undermining the raison d'être of geography, the importance of distance. READ MORE

  5. 19. Daily mobility in Grenoble metropolitan region, France : applied GIS methods in time geographical research

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Rickard Hansen; [2008]
    Keywords : mobility; time geography; potential path area; activity-space; GIS; geostatistics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Time-geography is one of the earliest analytical perspectives to study human activities and movements in space-time. With the increasing availability of geo-referenced individual level data and more powerful computational capabilities, more and more studies are implementing time-geographical constructs in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). READ MORE

  6. 20. The impact of education on earnings in China - A cross-provincial time series analysis of knowledge capital divergence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Marie Victorson; [2006]
    Keywords : education; reform; China; Human capital; endogenous growth; Mincer; returns to schooling; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The impact of education on earnings in China is primarily a quantitive analysis describing how divergence between Chinese provinces has grown in the period 1994 to 2004. The thesis is constructed around Mincerian thoughts on returns to schooling and endogenous growth theory emphasizing the crucial importance of government expenditure on knowledge capital for sustained growth. READ MORE