Essays about: "urban sociology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words urban sociology.

  1. 1. En studie av förgårdsmark : med fokus på gaturummet och människan i staden

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

    Author : Louise Bergström; Alice Engberg; [2023]
    Keywords : förgårdsmark; Gehl; kantzon; levande bottenvåning; stadsplanering; social interaktion;

    Abstract : Staden behöver bli tätare och samtidigt finns visioner om grönare städer. En levande stadsmiljö med goda närmiljöer är en ambition som flera städer strävar efter. I gränsen där bebyggelse och gata möts finns ytan förgårdsmark, vilken tillhör byggnaden avseende äganderätten och vilken planeras av kommunen. READ MORE

  3. 2. Safety in Östra Göinge : A qualitative study of safety and fear of crime in the small urban municipality of Östra Göinge

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Zainab Kadhem; [2023]
    Keywords : Sociology of law; safety; fear of crime; Östra Göinge; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Östra Göinge, it appears that during the past five years, a recurring problem exists where residents feel unsafe. This, while the number of reported crimes is still remarkably low, according to results from the National Safety Survey which is a survey formed by the police and the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Sounds of Our World: Navigating Live Music and Artist Growth in Harare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Annika Medin; [2023]
    Keywords : live music; zimbabwe; harare; urban sociology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Increasingly connected to urban development and vitality in modern discourses of urban sociology, live music is a social and cultural phenomenon with great potential for improving people’s, including artists, well-being. Still, the systems and networks which shape live music are specific to their local social, cultural and institutional contexts, leading to a range of perceptions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mind the Gap! A Spatial Analysis of the Gender Pension Gap in Swedish Municipalities.

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Kim Leonie Weigl; Lara Sophie Hauck; [2023]
    Keywords : Pension; Gender Gap; Urbanisation; Equality; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between population density and pension income as well as the Gender Pension Gap in Swedish municipalities between 2011 and 2019. Despite Sweden’s reputation as one of the most gender-equal countries, the country’s Gender Pension Gap persists and surpasses the OECD average. READ MORE

  6. 5. Makeshift Poetry? The insolvency of neoliberalism and the solvency of the common(s) : A case study of Raumlabor's makeshift intervention Allmänna Badet in Gothenburg, Sweden

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

    Author : Fabricio Di Fausto; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban commons; Common; Neoliberalism; Makeshift urbanism;

    Abstract : This thesis is the result of a set of personal concerns about, on the one hand, how the debates about the modes of expression of the neoliberal regime - particularly in the so-called "urban world" (assuming that there is something outside the "urban”, which is a discussion I did not have place for)- develop and, on the other, of a feeling of inadequacy in relation to how the so-called “urban commons” are conceptualized by many of its promoters. My way of dealing with these concerns assumes that a conceptual review of both phenomena is necessary. READ MORE