Essays about: "urban-rural divide"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words urban-rural divide.

1. 1. THE URBAN-RURAL VOTING DIVIDE IN SWEDEN: A Quantitative Analysis

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jack Andersson Stridh; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This essay seeks to analyze urban-rural differences in voting behavior in Sweden by measuring urban-rural differences in social attitudes around gender and immigration, and urban-rural differences in party choice. Previous studies have found that demographic and economic differences between regions explain a large part of the urban-rural voting gap, but a significant part still remains unexplained. READ MORE

3. 2. Vargen – ”en syndabock för större socioekonomiska problem” : en kritisk diskursanalys av nyhetsrapporteringen av varg på lokal och rikstäckande nivå

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

   Author : Märtha Lindberg; [2023]
   Keywords : diskursanalys; landsbygd; media; varg; representationer;

   Abstract : Uppsatsens syfte är att kritisk granska och analysera nyhetsrapporteringen av rovdjursdiskursen för att urskilja hur olika maktstrukturer mellan stad och land syns och reproduceras i porträtteringen. Särskilt fokus ligger i den mediala bilden av landsbygd i vargfrågan där traditionella diskurser om landsbygd kan reproduceras snarare än utmanas i frågan. READ MORE

4. 3. TELEHEALTH BEYOND DISPARITIES & DIVIDES : Rural care practitioners’ adoption  of telehealth: a case study

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Shazada Cheema; Emelie Robertsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital Literacy; HCI; Rural Healthcare; Rural Urban Divide; Telehealth; Telemedicine; Usability; User Experience; UX-design;

   Abstract : Telehealth in rural and underserved areas are increasing rapidly due to centralization and cutbacks in healthcare. Since many telehealth studies has a patient-centered focus or organizational perspectives, we find a gap in research regarding practitioners' view in the unique contexts of rural areas. READ MORE

5. 4. Understanding Access to Clean Cooking Fuels in Kenya

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Manuel Enrique Salas Salazar; [2023]
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   Abstract : Adoption of clean cooking fuels is conditioned by factors known as barriers and enablers, which characterize the decision-making environment of a household. Access to clean cooking is a target part of the Sustainable Development Goals, yet it currently stands at 19.5% in Kenya. READ MORE

6. 5. Challenges in women's access to higher education in Pakistan

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Saima Laiqat; [2022-11-25]
   Keywords : Higher Education; Women education in Pakistan; Barriers and Challenges to women education in Pakistan; Women access to higher education;

   Abstract : Aim: Women in Pakistan face many obstacles, challenges, and gender stereotypes in their educational journey. Therefore, the goal of this research is threefold: to examine the factors that female HE students identify as obstacles and hurdles they have had to overcome to establish themselves in HE; to examine what enables some women to overcome them and successfully establish themselves as HE students; and last to address what gender stereotypes female students in HE have encountered in their educational journey and how they have dealt with them. READ MORE