Essays about: "urban-rural: analysis"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words urban-rural: analysis.

  1. 16. Sustained Asymmetries: Norrland and sustainable development as envisioned by the ecological modernization and environmental justice discourses

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lisa Diehl; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; media representations; Norrland; periphery; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The gap between rural and urban is widening in ways that reward urban lifestyles and undermine the interests of rural communities. The asymmetrical power relation between rural and urban is relevant in a Swedish context where Norrland, Sweden's northernmost region, is experiencing outmigration and cutbacks in welfare services all the while urban centers in southern Sweden attract innovation, economic capital and an inflow of young, educated people. READ MORE

  3. 17. Energy Access for the Most Vulnerable Groups : A Study on the Long-Term Effects of Energy Access in a Refugee Camp Context with Inclusion of the Host Community

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Marie Stjernquist Desatnik; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 17 goals to end poverty and ensure the right to development for everyone. Previous research has found that 2/3 of the goals partly depend their success upon whether SDG 7 Ensure access to sustainable, affordable and modern energy for all is achieved or not. READ MORE

  4. 18. Is there a Gap within the Gap? A Municipal Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Carlsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Gender earnings gap; regional economics; gender economics; Swedish labour market; and urban and rural differences.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the past century, Sweden has seen vast developments in narrowing the gender earnings gap between men and women. Nevertheless the gap still remains, and has revealed patterns of stagnation in the recent decade. READ MORE

  5. 19. Understanding the “Phoenix Man” on the Internet : Tianya Online Forum and Sina Weibo as Examples

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Suihan Jiang; [2016]
    Keywords : the “phoenix man”; rural; urban; consanguinity; regionalism; individualization; Internet; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The term “phoenix man” is often used by the Internet users to describe the man who grew up in the rural areas but later studied or worked in the cities. The purpose of this research is to analyze how the “phoenix man” is understood by the online public and what social facts or implications reflected by this term. READ MORE

  6. 20. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVALENCE OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN RWANDA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY USING DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY RWANDA, 2010.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Eugenie TUYISHIME; [2016]
    Keywords : Modern contraceptive methods; family planning; factors; women of reproductive age; Rwanda; DHS; cross-sectional study;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: The Rwandan government has set family planning (FP) as one of the goals and strategies to improve the health of the population. However, unmet needs for modern contraceptive methods are still a problem, as is the variance of modern contraceptive use among the five regions of Rwanda. READ MORE