Essays about: "uneven geographical development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words uneven geographical development.

1. 1. Climate Change, Water Management, and Human Rights: : A Comparative Study of India and Somalia, and Prospects for Legal Frameworks

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Oscar Behrmann; Ljungberg Elin; [2024]
   Keywords : Climate Justice; Climate Change; Human Rights; Sustainable Development; Climate Vulnerability; Environmental Justice; Security-Development nexus; Water scarcity; Water resource management; and International Law.;

   Abstract : Climate change is one of the most important issues in today's world. Its effect reaches beyond geographical borders and deeply connects to human welfare, rights, and possibilities. Climate change affects the climate and all other sectors of development in the world. READ MORE

3. 2. Othering Heights : A critical urban approach to the narratives embedding the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Anna Stohr; [2022]
   Keywords : Urban studies; conviviality; convivial urbanism; Halmstad; Österskans; Sweden; critical urbanism; socio-spatialisation; placemaking; urban design; social sustainability; the built environment; segregation; urbanisation; public space; cityscape; neoliberal planning; densification; social mobility; spatial theory; uneven geographical development; the right to the city; David Harvey; thinking spatially; discourse;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden from the approach of critical urbanism. With a steady increase of population growth for the past decades and despite the income level of the municipality's population being above the national average - the socio-economic segregation in Halmstad is prevalent. READ MORE

4. 3. The Time Before a Crisis : An evaluation of Region Östergötland’s pre-crisis phase before the COVID-19 pandemic

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Anton Björnqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : COVID-19; Pre-crisis Phase; Conflicting Objectives Perspective; High Reliability Organisation; Resilience Engineering; Command and Control; Planning; Preparing; Anticipating; Monitoring; Crisis; Pandemics; Corona; Medical Command and Control;

   Abstract : During the spring of 2020, COVID-19 rapidly started to spread within Sweden, causing a crisis that affected the entire society, and in particular, the health care sector. What makes the COVID-19 pandemic a unique crisis is that it did not appear as a complete surprise when it reached Sweden. READ MORE

5. 4. På andra sidan av vattenkraften : lokalinvånares berättelser i relation till vattenkraften

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

   Author : Ida-Maria Olofsson; [2020]
   Keywords : vattenkraft; geografiska obalanser; plats; förändring; mening; fråntagande;

   Abstract : Det här är ett arbete om kraftverkssamhället Ragunda. Det handlar om de upplevda geografiska orättvisorna i relation till vattenkraften och platsen. Berättelsen har sin grund i en tid innan kraftverksetableringen. En försvunnen tid. READ MORE

6. 5. NEW ROADS TAKEN BY FEW : Motorcycle-taxi drivers and neoliberal development in rural Uganda

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Alexander Öbom; [2019]
   Keywords : Neoliberalism; Development; Informal Transportation; Motorbike Taxi; Mobility; Uganda;

   Abstract : Kisoro, a rural district in Uganda, is undergoing various transformations which could be summarized under the term neoliberal development. This qualitative study, which is based on six weeks of anthropological fieldwork, is focused on how a few individuals working as motorcycle-taxi drivers in the area experience these transformations, and how they deal with them. READ MORE