Essays about: "women - urban space"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 54 essays containing the words women - urban space.

  1. 11. Gender Equal Cities - An empirical analysis of Vienna and Bratislava

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

    Author : Laura Fritz; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender; Vienna; Bratislava; Gender Equal City; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis set out to examine the level of gender equality in the urban landscapes of Vienna and Bratislava based on the urban experiences on the women living in the cities. Vienna and Bratislava are part of the Vienna-Bratislava metropolitan area, which exhibits not only a close proximity (60km) but also a close economic cooperation. READ MORE

  3. 12. Women´s Health in Ethiopia - A Regional Assessment of Diverse Health Outcomes Between 2000 and 2016

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lisa Höschle; [2021]
    Keywords : Ethiopia; Health Outcomes; Regional Divergence; Fixed Effects Logistic Regression; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : So far, broad-based assessments of health outcomes are scarce for Ethiopian women. Little is known about differences in overall health performance between regions. On that account, the present research scrutinizes a diversity of seven health indicators for women of their reproductive age. READ MORE

  4. 13. Understanding the Emotional Geographies of Migrant Women in Copenhagen using Photo Elicitation

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

    Author : Yasmin Reuben Adler Thomsen; [2021]
    Keywords : migrant women; everyday practices; Copenhagen; intersectionality; photo elicitation; feminist and emotional geography;

    Abstract : With a tense political landscape with stigmatizing discourse about migrants and so-called migrant ghettos, alongside continuous indications of gender imbalances in public spaces in Copenhagen, a focus on migrant women was chosen. The thesis takes its outset in a photo project conducted in Kringlebakken, an integration house in Copenhagen. READ MORE

  5. 14. Mapping female rural flight : a spatial analysis of Swedish youths' intended migration

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

    Author : Jonas Alsfjärd; [2020]
    Keywords : Human Geography; Migration; Municipality; Female Flight; Urban-Rural; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Previous research into women's patterns of migration suggests a female flight from the European weaker peripheral regions to its urban cores, due to women's experience of being economically, socially, culturally, and normatively hampered compared to men in rural space. The thesis' attempt to corroborate these results on the municipal level, with the use of survey data from Swedish youth age 16-18, was not able to recreate the proposed trend that women migrate from the countryside to a larger degree than men. READ MORE

  6. 15. Perceived Residential Environment Quality in Relation to Gender; An Exploratory Study in Lindängen, Malmö

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Elahe Shams; [2020]
    Keywords : Perceived residential environment quality; Gender and right to the city; Everyday life of women; Lindängen;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis deals with some concepts and theories related to public space and everyday life and points to how neglecting women’s needs and preferences in public spaces can lead to the formation of gendered urban spaces which prevent women from earning their right to the city. Concepts such as quality of life, quality of place, living environment, residential perception and satisfaction, and place attachment overlap and have many interrelations. READ MORE