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  • 1.
    Aalbu, Sofia
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Communicating Proximity?: A case study on the dynamics of place for innovation2021Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The connection between clusters of innovation and economic growth has been in the interest ofresearchers and policy makers for decades. Economic distribution has been proven highlyconcentrated, and clusters are frequently studied for their dynamics to be understood. However, thereis less qualitative research focusing on agglomeration, and proximity, the distance between twoobjects, is often treated as a stable factor. Here lies the contribution of this thesis. By studying the lifescience cluster Hagastaden in Stockholm, Sweden, this case study sheds light on how dynamics ofproximity affect innovation and the importance of the communicative aspect of proximity. The Covid19 pandemic has forced many companies to work remotely and it created a unique opportunity tostudy the importance of place for innovation when the physical presence in it decreased. Throughqualitative interviews and thematic analysis, the author reveals that proximity might not be stable but,on the contrary, created. The result confirms earlier research regarding the positive effect oninnovation by being proximate but also adds to it by highlighting the aspect of communication ininnovative processes. The result implies that earlier studies on the location of analytical knowledgeclusters might need further research to be fully understood, as the result of the Hagastaden casecontradicts these to some extent by pointing to the urban environment as a factor of location choice.The results also call for further qualitative research in trying to understand the dynamics of clustercreation in general and planned clusters in particular, which could give important insights for researchand policy.

  • 2.
    Abdalla, Mahmoud
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    I skuggan av det nya: En kvantitativ studie av nybyggnadsgentrifieringens spridningseffekt i äldre bebyggelse2018Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Stockholms stad befinner sig nu i en kraftig utbyggnadsfas. Tidigare översiktsplaner pekar ut ett flertal stadsutvecklingsområden där en omfattande nybyggnation har ägt rum sedan millennieskiftet. Generellt kan utvecklingen i dessa områden förstås inom ett bredare teoretiskt ramverk gällande tredje vågens gentrifiering och nybyggnadsgentrifiering.

     

    Syftet med denna studie är att granska förekomsten av gentrifieringsprocesser i äldre bebyggelse som angränsar till stadsutvecklingsområdena, för att på så vis få en bättre förståelse kring gentrifieringens spridningseffekt. Med hjälp av befintlig kommunal statistik kartläggs inkomstutveckling och flyttaktivitet i sex äldre bostadsområden på basområdesnivå under åren 2004-2016.

     

    Resultaten visar att en inkomstmässig gentrifieringsprocess i varierande utsträckning förekommer i samtliga studerade basområden, vilket ger stöd till teorin om positiv spridningseffekt. Samtidigt är dem slutsatser som kan dras begränsade då det är svårt att isolera den lokala utvecklingen från en mer generell ekonomisk trend i Stockholms stad, utan att även beakta variabler som generationsväxling, konjunkturläge och förändring i sysselsättningsgrad.

  • 3.
    Abdullahi, Malleel
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    “Everyday racism is not something that keeps me up at night”: The second-generation Afro-Swedes experience of public spaces as racialized and gendered bodies.2022Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This thesis aims to understand how the second-generation Afro-Swedes experience everyday racism in public spaces as racialized and gendered bodies. The three key dimensions of study are to recognize (1) blackness in public space, (2) experiences of everyday racism in public space, and (3) coping strategies to everyday racism. These three dimensions are gathered from six participants’ narratives done through semi-structured interviews. The thesis reveals that public spaces are based on lived experiences. The second-generation Afro-Swedes are likely to suffer from emotional damage while exposed to racism and discrimination acts in public spaces. The collective notion amongst the select group is that feeling unsafe and unwelcomed in predominantly white spaces hinders their mobility patterns. The internal individualization of the concept of blackness is additional; however, there are similarities in how the Swedish society misses the individual aspect of their identity and groups black people as a collective. The thesis further concludes that everyday racism is a product of structural racism and is thus the aspect society should focus on the most. More research needs to be done regarding second-generation Afro-Swedes and black people in Sweden about spatial processes of race and the interconnection with gender, focusing on the embodiment of space rather than segregation. 

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  • 4. Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Andersson, Eva K.
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Changing locations: Central or peripheral moves of seniors?2015In: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, ISSN 1566-4910, E-ISSN 1573-7772, Vol. 30, no 4, p. 535-551Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The increasing proportion of elderly in European populations has prompted debate about where and how they will reside. Our main hypothesis is that when moving in this phase of life the most common move would be one from a suburban location in owner occupation to a more central location. This would be in line with the belief that older people, when they retire or when the children have moved out, want to take part in the culture of city living, such as concerts, theatres and museums in addition to enjoying a more convenient type of housing. This, we argue, is the assumed residential pattern during the third age and a possible part of a mobility cycle as described by Rossi (1955). The aim of this study was to examine the local geographical mobility and tenure of older people. The analysis was made using a register database, Geoswede, comprising the total Swedish population. Moves of the cohorts born in the 1920s, 1930s and the 1940s were followed between 2001 and 2006. Using five distances to the municipal population core a centralized mobility pattern could be observed. The two older cohorts made such moves, whereas the majority of the youngest cohort moved to peripheral destinations. From analysis of three case municipalities, it was shown that movers from owner occupation in the cohort born in the 1940s moved within owner occupation to a greater extent and made short distance moves. Such increased knowledge will have an impact on planning issues.

  • 5. Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Andersson, Eva K.
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Residential mobility patterns of elderly - leaving the house for an apartment2012In: Housing Studies, ISSN 0267-3037, E-ISSN 1466-1810, Vol. 27, no 5, p. 582-604Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    One hypothesis is that, in Sweden, the elderly today are more willing to change residence to accommodate for changing lifestyles and poorer health than in earlier generations. If so, the elderly will change their type of tenure from owner occupation to tenant co-operative or rental housing, which includes more services for residents. The aim of this study is to discover if elderly people move to apartments after leaving single-family housing that they own. Mobility patterns of those born in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s are analysed to identify characteristics of stayers and movers, and to determine to what extent the elderly move to rental and tenant cooperative apartments. The analysis is cross-sectional using a register database comprising the Swedish population. Moves were followed between 2001 and 2006. The majority remained in their current dwelling but almost one-quarter moved. Of those, a smaller number moved from owner-occupied housing to a tenant co-operative or rental apartment.

  • 6.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Hagberg, Jan-Erik
    Housing plans of the oldest: ageing in semi-rural areas in Sweden2020In: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, ISSN 1566-4910, E-ISSN 1573-7772, Vol. 35, no 1, p. 27-43Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A number of smaller municipalities have decreasing population rates. Generally, the young move out, increasing the proportion of older people. To increase our understanding of the living conditions of an ageing population in small municipalities, a postal survey was conducted in three small, semi-rural municipalities in southern Sweden. In the survey the respondents answered questions about their living situation and their housing plans. The aim of this study was to investigate the housing situation and housing plans of the very old in semi-rural areas and research questions analysed for this study concerned the current housing situation and plans for future housing. A total of 1386 surveys were sent out in March 2014, to all inhabitants aged 80 years or more, residing in the ordinary housing market in the three municipalities, the response rate was 60%. The results show that most of the respondents were firmly rooted in the area as most of them had lived in the municipality for more than 20 years and 60% had lived in their current dwelling for more than 20 years. Ageing in place was the dominating plan, although one quarter of the respondents answered that they did not know what would happen in the future. Those who planned to move wanted to move to housing that required less maintenance and to a more central location. Residential mobility is at play also in old age as 27% of the respondents had moved at some point during the last 10 years, i.e., after the age of 70.

  • 7.
    Abu Iddrisu, Memunatu
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Development or Deprivation?: A case study of the gendered livelihood implications of the land acquisition for the Tamale airport upgrade in Ghana2018Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This thesis contributes to the current debates on large-scale land acquisition ongoing in the Sub-Saharan African by focusing on a local government-driven LSLA in Ghana. The study examines the gendered implications of life, especially for women aspects, of the 8,000 acres of landlands acquired for an airport upgrade to international status from the political and feminist political ecology conceptual framework. De empirische onderzoeken richten zich op de ervaringen en concerns van de lokale stakeholders van de Nyoglo Village in het noordelijke deel van Ghana over hun verlies van landbouwlanden naar het luchthavenproject en zijn implicatie op gendered levensverwachtingen. In dit onderzoek heeft de studie gebruik gemaakt van kwalitatieve gegevens die door de interviews zijn gefocust, focusgroep discussie en participant observatie en mapping. Undersøkelsen viser at selv om staten driver dette LSLA, viser den overtagelsesproces likviditet i forhold til udenlandsk investor-driven LSLA i den lovlige lov om landobjekt. På den del af kønsrelaterede livslihoodimplikation forbundet med LSLA, the study shows "double-dispossession "for the women. The study concludes by recommending an adherence to the land acquisition laws and a critical understanding of the heterogeneity in local communities by investors of LSLA projects for a win-win outcome.

  • 8.
    Ackebo, Jonas
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Naturen och Regionplanen: En miljöetisk analys av Stockholms regionplaner2010Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Naturen är en viktig resurs för människan som vi, genom alla tider, varit beroende av. I takt med att utvecklingen har gått framåt har även naturens roll ändrats. Naturens resurser utsätts för extrema prövningar och konkurrensen om yta är idag stor. Stockholmsregionen är ett tydligt exempel på detta och nya svårlösta intressekonflikter dyker ständigt upp. Regionplaneringen inom Stockholm har varierat sedan den påbörjades under 1950-talet med nya utmaningar som en naturlig följd. Även synen på naturen har förändrats inom regionplaneringen och en miljöetisk analys blir därför intressant. Det går att konstatera att naturen ofta anses ha ett instrumentellt värde för oss människor som är svårt att ge avkall på. Trots en medvetenhet om vikten av att bevara och förbättra förutsättningarna för välfungerande ekosystem och biologisk mångfald är det just naturens egenvärde som ofta utgör en del i konflikter. I Stockholms regionplaner har ett varierande fokus legat på miljöetiska frågor. Idag är hållbar utveckling ett betydande begrepp inom samhällsplanering och får således stort utrymme i regionplaneringen. Målet om en hållbar utveckling är dock oerhört svårt att nå så länge bristande kunskap förhindrar korrekta avvägningar mellan bevarande och exploatering.    

  • 9.
    Adama, Onyanta
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Abuja is not for the poor: Street vending and the politics of public space2020In: Geoforum, ISSN 0016-7185, E-ISSN 1872-9398, Vol. 109, p. 14-23Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The article examines how street vendors in Abuja, Nigeria are experiencing and responding to the attempts to restrict their access to public space. Modernist planning and the increasing trend in the privatization of public space is limiting the amount and types of public spaces available to street vendors. Drawing largely on primary research, the article reports that street vendors are responding by adopting a range of spatial, relational and temporal tactics. Specifically, it cites the Ready-to-Run tactic, relocating to relatively more secure sites, informal relations and networks and operating at certain times of the day. Access to the street and mobility are key factors that shape the types of tactics adopted. Vendors prioritize proximity to the street in order to maximize access to potential customers. The highly mobile vendors are more likely to adopt spatial and temporal tactics, while the less mobile tend to rely on informal relations and networks. Furthermore, in the absence of formal organizing, individual agency is more prevalent. Where collective agency exists, it is often a response to an immediate challenge. Gender and age influence the experiences of vendors and the tactics adopted. The Abuja case is a notable example of the link between modernist planning, particularly the master plan approach and socio-spatial exclusion. As a city built from scratch, the plan laid the foundation for socio-spatial exclusion by planning the poor out of the city. The plan remains at the centre of contemporary urban politics, notably the relations between the state and informal workers.

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  • 10.
    Adama, Onyanta
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Governing from Above: Solid Waste Management in Nigeria's New Capital City of Abuja2007Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This doctoral dissertation examines how the symbolic character of a relocated capital city influences and intersects with local conditions to shape the governance structure and relations in service delivery. The focus is on Abuja, the new capital city of Nigeria, and the sector studied is solid waste management. Abuja was planned to avoid the numerous problems facing other Nigerian cities. Contrary to the intention of government and planners, the city now houses the fastest growing slum in the country. There are various possible explanations for these outcomes but this study pays particular attention to the conception of Abuja as a symbol of national unity.

    The ‘good governance’ agenda is often promoted by the World Bank and donors as a way of handling the numerous challenges facing African governments, including service delivery. A major expectation of the agenda is that local governments manage the urban development process in conjunction with an array of institutions ranging from the private sector to community groups and households. An underlying notion is that of a minimalist national state. This is not the case in Abuja, where governance is conducted at higher levels and the municipal council remains largely invisible. This is manifested in solid waste management, where the municipal council has no jurisdiction over the sector. In addition, community groups and households play very minimal roles in the governance of services. Drawing on the concept of space and place, the study concludes that the types of institutions found and their roles and relations are shaped by the national function of the city and the local power relations.

    The study draws on primary and secondary data. Interviews were conducted with state officials, community leaders, households and interest groups, such as the private sector. Secondary data were obtained from government documents, studies and newspaper reports.

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  • 11.
    Adama, Onyanta
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Slum upgrading in the era of World-Class city construction: the case of Lagos, Nigeria2020In: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, ISSN 1946-3138, E-ISSN 1946-3146, Vol. 12, no 2, p. 219-235Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper examines the tensions that accompany slum upgrading in the era of world-class city construction. The focus is a slum upgrading project in Lagos, Nigeria. The paper observes the intertwining of modernist and neoliberal ideologies in world-class city construction and in slum upgrading projects. The entanglement centres on a number of shared interests; the prioritization of infrastructure and notions about urban space, participation and citizenship. As documented, the project and by extension world-class city construction fails to acknowledge the livelihoods of the poor and is undermined by protests. Historical legacies and systemic failings of governance present additional obstacles. The paper seeks to broaden the scope of world-class city research by acknowledging the local context, but at the same time recognizing the global links. Along these lines, the paper suggests that slum upgrading provides an opportunity to examine how the local is inserted into the global.

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  • 12.
    Adama, Onyanta
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Urban imaginaries: funding mega infrastructure projects in Lagos, Nigeria2018In: GeoJournal, ISSN 0343-2521, E-ISSN 1572-9893, Vol. 83, no 2, p. 257-274Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In today’s globalized world, mega infrastructure projects have emerged as one of the most popular strategies for attracting private capital and repositioning cities on the competitive landscape. The Lagos Megacity Project (LMCP) was launched to address a longstanding infrastructure crisis and to reinvent Lagos as a modern megacity. Using the LMCP as a case study, the paper examined the challenges facing the funding of mega infrastructure projects. Special attention is given to how capital is mobilized, the kinds of alliances or networks found and what gets prioritized. The paper observed that the alliance formed between the federal, Lagos and Ogun state governments to mobilize public funds quickly unraveled largely due to disputes traceable to the apportioning of fiscal and political responsibilities and the distribution of functions between the different tiers of government. Under the LMCP, disputes emerged between the federal government and the Lagos State Government (LSG) over who was responsible for what. A history of opposition politics and a highly politicized resource allocation system further made cooperation between the two particularly difficult. Furthermore, the LMCP signalled a renewed drive by the LSG to attract private investments through public–private partnership. The paper noted a host of problems but crucially there is a preference for elite projects, a practice that is reinforcing socio-spatial exclusion and confirms the persistent inequalities that accompany neoliberal and modernist projects. At the broadest level, the paper points to how modernist projects are fractured or undermined by specific ideologies and practices.

  • 13.
    Adama, Onyanta
    et al.
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Nzeadibe, Thaddeus Chidi
    Dealing with Waste: Resource Recovery and Entrepreneurship in Informal Solid Waste Management in African Cities2017Collection (editor) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The scope of the problem of waste management in African cities continues to change across space and time in line with changing socio-economic, political and environmental conditions. Crucially, the failure of the formal systems has paved the way for the informal sector. The overall aim of the book is to capture the dynamism and complexity of Informal Sector Solid Waste Management (ISSWM). The main argument is that while the poverty reduction potential of ISSWM remains valid and is acknowledged; there are broader issues to consider.

  • 14.
    Adil Mahmud, Hossain Jahan
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Social Cohesion in Multicultural Society: A Case of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Stockholm2013Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Due to the rapid urbanization and globalization, urban social life is getting more complex thanever. Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, is the residence of about 180 nationalities thatmakes it one of the prominent multicultural cities in Europe. Moreover, sustainable developmentis one of the main goals of the Swedish government. In this circumstance, it is the challenge tomake a socially cohesive society to ensure its social and economic development. This study isaimed to have an inner look at social cohesiveness between Bangladeshi community and otherethnic groups including native Swedish in Stockholm from a qualitative research approach. Asocial cohesion framework has been formulated by analyzing various literatures for the purposeof this study. This social cohesion framework comprises of social, cultural, political andeconomic indicators to understand the different dimensions of social cohesion in Stockholm.This framework is used during preparation of the questionnaire for conducting the qualitativesurvey that includes twelve in-depth interviews. Empirical result reveals that Bangladeshicommunity has a weak sense of belonging and a lack of common identity to the mainstreamsociety, rather they have stronger attachment to other Bangladeshi immigrants in Stockholm.Although lack of social cohesiveness has been found between Bangladeshi immigrants and otherresidents in Stockholm, but many threats to social cohesion (for example; racial conflict) areabsent in Stockholm. Therefore, it is a reachable challenge to make this society cohesive for thebetterment of the country by initiating proper measures.

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  • 15.
    Adolfsson, Johanna
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    A new storm over the Naqab: The temporality of space in Israeli settler colonialism2023Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    How can a posthumanist conceptualization of landscape, one that embraces temporality and practice, help us to better understand contemporary settler colonialism? This thesis explores this proposition through its analyses of the desire of the Israeli state to ‘settle’ the Naqab. The Naqab, an area located in the south of modern-day Israel and within its borders, is continuously narrated as under threat of being lost to the Palestinian Bedouins. In contrast to the breadth of scholarly attention given to the occupied Palestinian Territories, there is a relative paucity of studies focusing on the Naqab and on the Palestinian citizens of Israel living therein. Inspired by the concept of taskscape and, more broadly, by a posthumanist political ecology approach, in this thesis I seek to remedy the determinist undertones quite often found in settler colonial studies.

    The thesis’ empirical data draw from qualitative methods and field research in the Naqab, undertaken during multiple field visits between the 2018 and 2021. The thesis comprises a comprehensive summary (kappa) and three research papers. In Paper 1, I show how a schism between the Jewish National Fund and the civil society green movement surfaced amid land conflicts between the state and Bedouin villagers east of Beersheva. I argue that this schism offers insights into how nature is negotiated in relation to environmentalism and Zionist ideology.  Further, I discuss how these negotiations point to an emerging new self-image of a post-settlement state that has abandoned pioneering, and replaced it with a planted forest (and natural) landscape as an emblem for Zionist nature. In Paper 2, I focus my attention on a network of Jewish villages in the Naqab. Based on a discourse analysis of YouTube videos produced by two Zionist organizations, I show how the narrative of Jewish relocation to the Naqab encompasses a modern re-enactment of the pioneering ideal, one mediated by a new neoliberal ethos of Israel as a ‘start-up nation’ and the Naqab as a new Israeli tech-hub. Finally, in Paper 3, I trace the cultural and political context of forest grazing in the Naqab. I argue that while the state uses afforestation as a proxy for territorialization, the irony is that it is the Bedouins who are largely responsible for everyday management of these forest areas, as grazing is a cost-effective method for keeping shrubs and other undergrowth low. I argue that in trying to accommodate grazing in the forest, policy makers struggle to juggle Bedouin land claims via continuous use and cultural connection to the land. Throughout the papers I affirm the performance of Israeli settler colonialism through the making of the natural environment. I assert that the tendency towards forest and grazing regulation, also articulated in planning policy, represents a move beyond the ‘era of pioneering’ towards a more formal type of society.  I conclude by contending that the multiple spaces and temporalities presented in the paper’s case studies are indicative of contradictory narratives in the portrayal of the Naqab is and thus assemble as a necessity of the settlement ambition.

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  • 16.
    Adolfsson, Johanna
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Grazing the Naqab: Mobile pastoralism in forests of conflictManuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The Naqab is a region in south Israel, which until 1948 was mainly inhabited by Palestinian Bedouin tribes. A small part of this community continues to take their sheep and goats to seasonal grazing, a practice that carries deep and significant cultural importance but has been all but abolished by various post-1948 laws. Following a turn in forest management, grazing has become sought after as cost-effective pruning. However, mobile herds are now hard to come by as the practice has been obstructed among the Bedouins and as mobile herding is commonly thought of as an Arab cultural practice. Forests, on the other hand, have long represented the Israeli nation both as identity and territorial claim. Current regulation does not fit the new demand, making new regulation necessary. Reading Tim Ingold’s concept of ‘taskscape’ as a posthumanist approach, I explore how grazing is regulated in the Naqab in relation to both the state-Bedouin conflict and to the wider settlement-colonial enterprise in Israel/Palestine. I suggest that taskscape is a concept that can hold the complexity of natural resources, cultural identity and conflict while simultaneously countering the colonial idea of ‘empty space’ which tends to inform both state-pastoralists conflicts and grazing regulations, thereby offering a new lens through which to understand the ongoing settler-colonial project

  • 17.
    Adolfsson, Johanna
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Has the forest lost its crown?: Nature in the settler stateManuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper explores how nature is negotiated and mobilized in the settler-colonial state. I present a case study of a schism between the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and the civil society green movement in Israel, that has recently surfaced in the context of state-led afforestation on the historical land of Arab Bedouins in the Naqab. The study is based on interviews with activists from the Bedouin community and representatives from JNF and other concerned actors coupled with close-reading of media coverage and published reports. I argue that this schism offers insights into how nature is negotiated in relation to environmentalism and the Zionist ideology and I argue that this negotiations points to an emerging new self-image of a post-settlement state that has left pioneering behind, symbolized by the replacement of the planted forest landscape by the natural landscape as the emblem for Zionist nature. 

  • 18. Adolfsson, Johanna
    Settler suburbia in the Negev/Naqab: the Start-Up pioneer in the desertManuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    A network of Jewish-only, ‘quality of life’ communities are being established in the Naqab desert in south Israel. They are built by the help of Jewish National Fund and other Zionist organizations as part of the century-old Zionist ambition to Judaize the south. This vision is echoing in national and regional plans and is paving the way for a new southern metropolitan region. At the same time, an attempted large-scale displacement of the Palestinian Bedouins is performed in the same space. Based on a discourse analysis of videos produced by the JNF and the Or movement, addressing urban Israelis and the Jewish Anglo-American diaspora, this study finds that the Jewish relocation to the south has been narrated as modern re-enactment of the pioneering ideal and that this ideal is constituted in relation both to the classic symbol of the pioneer and to the new neoliberal ethos of Israel as a ‘start-up nation’, a rebranding of the pioneering mission appealing to a young audience. Drawing on insights from settler colonial studies, I conceptualize these communities as an emerging suburbia in the Naqab, place-specifically characterized as a merging of the new pioneer and the nuclear family, producing a space from which the suburban settler can derive autochthonous identity to the land. 

  • 19.
    Adolfsson, Johanna
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Settler Suburbia in the Negev/Naqab: The Start-Up Pioneer in the Desert2023In: Geographical Review, ISSN 0016-7428, E-ISSN 1931-0846Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Within the recognized borders of Israel, in the shadow of the West Bank settlement enterprise, a new frontier is in the making. Central planning has designated the space as a burgeoning metropolitan region, and, in a parallel process, a network of Jewish-only settlements has been established. This study asks how the settlement push is narrated to the Israeli public, and thereby adds the Naqab to previous studies exploring the link between colonial settlement and suburbia, and more specifically with the community-settlement model. It analyzes audiovisual material produced by two Zionist organizations and finds that the new frontier is narrated as a space for reenactment of the mythic pioneer trope, and that this ideal is mediated in relation to the new neoliberal ethos of Israel as the “start-up nation.” The study moreover expands on the interplay of geographic scales, thus adding an important contribution to scholarly understanding of contemporary settler-colonialism. 

  • 20.
    Adolfsson, Johanna
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    The Power of the Palestinian Landscape: An exploratory study of the functions of power using aerial image interpretation2016Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The Palestinian region is changing rapidly, with both economic and cultural consequences. One way of approaching this very political process is thru the concept of landscape. By viewing the region as a multiprocessual, dynamic landscape the analysis allows for a holistic read where historical and contemporary projections, interpretations and notions of power are fused. This thesis draws on the scholarly fields of humanistic landscape research and aerial image interpretation as well as theories of orientalism and power. A case study of two regions of the West Bank is performed; interviews and observations provide localized knowledge that is then used in open-access image interpretation. By performing image interpretations this thesis explores the power embedded in mapping and the possible inclinations the development towards open-access geospatial analytic tools could have on the functions of power in the Palestinian landscape. By investigating the spatial configuration of the Palestinian landscape and tracing its roots this thesis finds four major themes that are particularly pivotal in the processual change of the Palestinian landscape: the Israeli/Palestinian time-space, the blurring of the conflict, the dynamics of the frontier region and the orientalist gaze. 

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  • 21.
    Adolfsson, Sylwia
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Cykel som en del av den hållbara stadsutvecklingen- En studie om upplevelsen av cykling i Stockholm.2019Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Främjande av hållbar mobilitet och hållbara transportmedel har under de senaste åren varit ett mål för många länder och städer runt om i världen.  I dagsläget är transporter och transportsystem i bl.a. Stockholm Stad inte hållbara och bidrar till miljöproblem därför finns det ett eftersträvan att fler ska välja cykel som ett transportmedel. Cykel är ett billigt transportmedel i jämförelse med andra och den ger inga upphov till utsläpp. Men främjandet av cykling gynnar inte endast miljön, det bidrar också till ett mer jämställt samhälle. Forskning visar att det finns en potential för att andelen resor med cykel ska öka, trots det är andelen resor med cykel fortfarande mycket färre än med andra transportslag. En faktor som hindrar människor att cykla kan vara den upplevda otryggheten. För att främjandet av de hållbara transportmedel, sådana som cykel ska bli framgångsrik är det viktigt att undersöka var och i vilka situationer som cyklisterna upplever otrygghet, samt vilka åtgärder behövs för att minska otryggheten. Dessa frågor besvaras huvudsakligen med hjälp av enkätundersökning, observation och kompletterande intervjuer. Resultatet för denna studie visar att cyklisterna upplever otrygghet främst på grund av bristande infrastruktur men också brist på hänsyn och samspel bland trafikanter. Det visar sig även att för att minska otryggheten krävs mer än att bara förbättra samt bygga ut cykelinfrastrukturen. Åtgärderna måste även ge förutsättningar för förändring i beteendet bland de olika trafikantgrupper. 

  • 22.
    Adriansson, Linus
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography.
    Stockholm i färger: En kritisk diskursanalys av kulturarvets produktion och legitimering i stadens bebyggelsemiljö2016Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Avsikten med denna uppsats är att med en kritisk diskursanalys undersöka hur kunskap om kulturarvet och kulturhistoriska värden konstrueras i Stockholms byggda miljö. Akademisk litteratur inom kulturarvsforskningen beskriver en situation där det uppstått ett glapp mellan teori och praktik inom kulturarvssektorn som vidgats sedan postmodernismens och konstruktionismens framväxt i början på 1970-talet. Den utövande kulturarvsvården och värderingsprocessen är i stor utsträckning styrd av värdeorienterade klassificeringssystem där utgångspunkten är att finna och tolka olika värdetyper i ett objekt. Detta traditionella förhållningssätt är en del av ”den auktoriserade kulturarvsdiskursen”; ett begrepp inom kulturarvsforskningen som menar att kulturarvssektorn premierar traditionella värden genom expertutpekanden vilket leder till en reproduktion av kanoniserade objekt med vissa ideologiska förtecken. Sedan år 1974 finns det i Sverige nationella kulturpolitiska mål fastslagna och sedan år 2012 finns det fyra nationella kulturmiljömål som landets kulturmiljövårdande institutioner ska sträva. Målens tankegods förmedlar en ambition om att göra kulturmiljöer och kunskap tillgängligt för att främja demokratisering av kulturarvet. I Stockholms kommun är det Stadsmuseet som ansvarar för utpekandet och klassificeringen av kulturhistoriskt värdefulla byggnader och miljöer. Syftet med undersökningen är att bidra med en djupare förståelse för hur kunskapen om kulturhistoriska värden i Stockholms byggda kulturmiljö produceras och legitimeras. Resultat och analys visar att diskurserna i Stadsmuseets översiktsdokument sedan klassificeringens introduktion under tidigt 1980-tal har förändrats av ideologiska, politiska och ekonomiska element. Museets och kommunens samtida översiktsdokument har en anknytning till kunskapsläget inom kulturarvsforskningen genom att argumentera för relativa, pluralistiska värden. Men den traditionella värdesynen och expertdiskursen i värderingsprocessen har lett till en värdering och klassificering som reproducerar en traditionell förståelse av det byggda kulturarvet. En universell metod i kombination med intern praxis används för att identifiera vilka kulturhistoriska värden som finns, utan att precisera vilka egenskaper som upprätthåller dessa värden. Det ger klassificeringen en svag anknytning till kulturarvsforskning, regeringens kulturpolitiska mål och den egna institutionens värdesyn i samtida översiktsdokument.

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  • 23.
    Adscheid, Toni
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    When Ecotopia grows: Politicizing the stories of Swedish sustainable urban development2017Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Sweden is known world-wide for its achievements in the field of sustainable urban development. Due to this global recognition Swedish stories and policies of sustainable urban development are being spread across various spatial and institutional contexts. Focusing on SymbioCity and its approach as examples for such stories, this thesis seeks to elaborate on the de-politicization of urban environments through sustainable urban development policies. In doing so, this thesis synthesises urban political ecology and policy mobility literature to form a theoretical framework to investigate the mobilization and legitimization of such environments. Drawing on findings provided by methods of text analysis and interviews, it is illustrated that Swedish stories of sustainable urban development construct a de-politicized spatiality supported by capital, desires of influence and “the planner”. The thesis concludes by arguing that planning research needs to critically address the process of de-politicization and support the articulation of a political Ecotopia. 

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  • 24. Adscheid, Toni
    et al.
    Schmitt, Peter
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Constructing the sustainable city: Policy mobilities of Swedish sustainable urban development2018In: Globala flöden och lokala praktiker: policymobilitet i tid och rum / [ed] Ida Andersson, Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi , 2018, p. 225-245Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 25. Adscheid, Toni
    et al.
    Schmitt, Peter
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Mobilising post-political environments: tracing the selective geographies of Swedish sustainable urban development2021In: Urban Research and Practice, ISSN 1753-5069, E-ISSN 1753-5077, Vol. 14, no 2, p. 117-137Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper develops an analytical framework from which to understand the mobilisation of post-political urban environments across spatial and institutional contexts. Our analysis of two closely related cases from a Swedish context reveals the potential benefits of combining studies on urban political ecology and policy mobility. By utilising Actor-Network Theory (ANT) we illustrate how post-political environments that are shaped by mobile and mutating policies of sustainable urban development are stabilised through distinct discursive strategies, capital investments and the desire for increased influence within global frames of action and contribute to the creation of, what we call, selective geographies.

  • 26.
    Aggesund, Pamela
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    "The sustainable development way of implementing circular economy": A system thinking approach2018Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This study aims to develop an understanding of how circular economy should be implemented to result in sustainable development and to analyze the potential of one particular implementation to result in sustainable development. “The sustainable development way of implementing circular economy” is presented by understanding circular economy with system thinking and considering the factors affecting the implementation of circular economy. Interviews and text-analysis are conducted to analyze the character and potential of ReTuna, a reused items mall in Eskilstuna, to result in sustainable development. Results show circular economy should be implemented as a way of reasoning that can result in a systemic transformation of the economic system to result in eco-centric sustainability. Implementations that do not explicitly derive from a an understanding of circular economy as a new way of reasoning are despite this valuable due to a system’s character of interconnectedness. ReTuna is implemented as a set of practices and an organizational structure but it also demonstrates an honorable effort to change people’s perception of the human-nature relationship. It is concluded that way of implementation has to reflect and be synchronized with the aspiration behind implementing circular economy. ReTuna has potential to result in sustainability but does not yet.

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  • 27. Agnidakis, Paul
    et al.
    Lagerqvist, Maja
    Strandin Pers, Annika
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    I riktning mot en normkreativ kulturmiljövård: Metodutveckling utifrån exemplet Statens fastighetsverk i Sverige2018In: Kulturstudier, ISSN 1904-5352, E-ISSN 1904-5352, Vol. 9, no 1, p. 167-198Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [sv]

    Utifrån tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hämtade från etnologin och kulturgeografin, och med en empirisk utgångspunkt i tre kulturmiljöer som förvaltas av Statens fastighetsverk (SFV) i Sverige, analyserar artikeln historiebruk i form av kulturarvsproduktion och föreslår ett applicerbart normkritiskt samt i förlängningen normkreativt angreppssätt för att möjliggöra alternativa, varierade och mer inkluderande historieskildringar kring kulturmiljöer. Genom att utveckla och integrera dessa synsätt och verktyg vill artikeln argumentera för att man får tillgång till nya berättelser om platsen; berättelser som går utöver den traditionella, „normala“ historien om staten, enskilda byggnaders materiella utformning och den sociokulturella och ekonomiska eliten. En långsiktig effekt blir att det möjliggör ökad mångfald och inkludering både i fråga om förmedling och representation av platser som komplexa rumsliga och sociokulturella helheter.

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  • 28.
    Ahlgren, Adam
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Bilden av orientaliska Kina: En textanalytisk studie av Kinas representation i resereportage från Sverige2012Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The essay sets out to map a part of the Swedish representation of China in travelogues, using postcolonial theory. Two sources were used, Dagens Nyheter and Vagabond. These were in turn examined to explain how the discourse and semiotics in the travelogues depicting China were constructed and have changed over the past two decades. The results show that the discourse has changed from a negatively portrayal based on anti-chinese discourse of China with parallels to its communist history, to a recent more exotic presentation revolving around romantic rurality, modernity, and Chinas dynastic history. The semiotic analysis in turn confirms the later representation as well as a postcolonial exoticism and otherness in the representation of China.

  • 29.
    Ahlm, Vera
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Konstnärer i planeringsprocessen: En fallstudie av ”Nya tunnelbanan”2020Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna uppsats behandlar hur konstnärer agerar som planerande aktörer under konstruerandet av Nya tunnelbanan i Stockholm. Syftet med studien är att finna hur policys, regler och nätverk påverkar konstnärernas planeringsprocess samt avgöra vilka idéer och ideologier som påverkar och formar dessa ramverk. Intervjuer med konstnärer som vunnit rollen som konstnärlig kompetens av Nya tunnelbanan och idé och ideologianalys av SLL och RS utlåtanden pekar på att konstnärerna har konstnärlig frihet men begränsas processuellt av styrande organ.  Projektets storlek synliggör hur mål från projektets början successivt anpassas. Jag har funnit att planeringsformatet beror av traditionell Svensk planering men uppenbart påverkas av policyplanering och neoliberalistiska synsätt. Denna uppsats redogör hur dessa idéer påverkar den faktiska planeringsprocessen.

  • 30.
    Ahlm, Vera
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Konstnärer i planeringsprocessen: En fallstudie av “Nya tunnelbanan”2020Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna uppsats  behandlar hur konstnärer agerar som planerande aktörer under konstruerandet av Nya tunnelbanan i Stockholm. Syftet med studien är att finna hur policys, regler och nätverk påverkar konstnärernas planeringsprocess samt avgöra vilka idéer och ideologier som påverkar och formar dessa ramverk. Intervjuer med konstnärer som vunnit rollen som konstnärlig kompetens av Nya tunnelbanan och idé och ideologianalys av SLL och RS utlåtanden pekar på att konstnärerna har konstnärlig frihet men styrs gällande processuellt av styrande organ.  Projektets storlek synliggör hur mål från projektets början successivt anpassas. Jag har funnit att planeringsformatet beror av traditionell Svenska planering men uppenbart påverkas av policyplanering och neoliberalistiska synsätt. Denna uppsats redogör hur dessa idéer påverkar den faktiska planeringsprocessen. 

  • 31.
    Ahlstam, Andreas
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Maktutövning vid planering av stora projekt: Om spelet bakom Förbifart Stockholm2009Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka och försöka förstå inverkansfaktorer och maktrelationer bakom planeringen av ett större infrastrukturprojekt. Studiens fokus ligger på det stora vägprojektet Förbifart Stockholm, som bland annat syftar till att avlasta befintligt vägnät och bidra till att bättre knyta samman Stockholms norra och södra kärnor. Den reella politiken och planeringen behöver inte alltid vara densamma som den formella, vilket i uppsatsen klargörs genom bland annat uttalanden i media, remissvar och intervjuer med involverade aktörer och politiker. Maktbegreppet kan förstås och synliggöras på flera olika sätt och därför studeras och används flera olika resonemang och teorier kring maktbegreppet. I fallet med Förbifart Stockholm kan till exempel det diskursiva maktbegreppet synliggöras, vilket Foucault har utvecklat och skrivit om, men även Bachrach & Baratzs teori om icke-beslut, Flyvbjergs resonemang om Realpolitik och Realrationalitet samt den konventionella planeringsmodellen kan synliggöras i samband med studien av Förbifart Stockholm.

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  • 32. Ahmed, Adamu
    et al.
    Adama, Onyanta
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Iliyasu, Idris
    Prospects and Retrospect: Insights from Children's participation in Informal Sector Solid Waste Management in Kaduna, Nigeria2017In: Dealing with waste: Resource Recovery and Entrepreneurship in Informal Sector Solid Waste Management in African Cities / [ed] Onyanta Adama, Tadischi Chidi Nzeadibe, Africa World Press, 2017, p. 137-150Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 33.
    Ahmed, Darja
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Upplåtelseformernas effekt på den demografiska blandning i Stockholm: En kvantitativ studie om blandning som bostadspolitisk strategi2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Sverige har, i likhet med många länder, länge strävat efter ett bostadspolitiskt mål om social blandning. Det finns en etablerad idé om att en hög grad blandning av upplåtelseformer främjar detta mål. Denna studie har haft som syfte att kvantitativt undersöka om det föreligger ett sådant samband, med särskilt fokus på de demografiska aspekterna då dessa är underforskade. Med hjälp av entropiindex mättes graden av blandning för upplåtelseformer och den demografiska blandningen. Det empiriska resultatet indikerar att det finns en relativ blandning av upplåtelseformer i Stockholm stad, där vissa områden är mer blandade än andra. Trots detta kunde regressionsanalysen inte påvisa några starka samband mellan blandade upplåtelseformer och demografisk blandning. Uppsatsens empiriska resultat ifrågasätter effektiviteten i de befintliga bostadspolitiska strategierna för att uppnå önskad social blandning.

  • 34.
    Akhundov, Bairam
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    What to do with the overpasses constructed in the urban areas?: An alternative vision on the overhead pedestrian bridges constructed in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan.2020Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
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  • 35.
    Akyeampong, Oheneba Akwesi
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Tourism and regional development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Ghana's central region1996Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
  • 36.
    Al Badi, Salma
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Att vara förälder i ett otryggt område: En kvalitativ intervjustudie av föräldrar och deras syn på att uppfostra barn i Skärholmen2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Skärholmen riskerar att bli ett utsatt område då kriminaliteten och otryggheten ökar i området. Stockholms stad gör satsningar för att utveckla Skärholmen, men barn och yngre generationer påverkas av otryggheten och kriminaliteten som omfattar området vilket kan ha gjort föräldrar oroliga för deras framtid. Uppsatsens syfte är att få kunskap om hur Skärholmens risk att bli utsatt kan påverka barn och framtida generationer enligt föräldrar i området. För att kunna undersöka forskningsfrågorna kring föräldrarnas uppfattade oro kring barns uppväxt i Skärholmen så valdes en kvalitativ studie i form av intervjuer. Fallstudien består av intervjuer med åtta föräldrar och teorin som används för att analysera resultaten var komplexitetsteorin som tar upp begrepp såsom street-level perspektiv och nätverk. Resultaten visar att föräldrar känner oro kring Skärholmens utveckling och tror att förändring kan vara essentiellt för barns uppväxt i området. Satsningar från kommunen utförs i Skärholmen och föräldrar anser att åtgärder behövs. 

  • 37.
    Al Kamil, Mohammed
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Hur ska du resa till universitetet, med bil eller kollektivtrafik?: En studie om hur mobility management kan påverka morgondagens resor bland universitetsstudenter2015Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
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  • 38.
    Al Kamil, Mohammed
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology.
    SATS och Friskis & Svettis - Var och för vem?2013Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
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    The aim of this study is to investigate where and why the fitness clubs, Sats and Friskis & Svettis in Stockholms county, choose to locate their facilities in certain places and which their primarily targetgroups are. Furthermore, the aim is to gain knowledge of people’s health status in areas where the facilities are located, in order to see if they are located where exercise is most needed. Interviews were conducted with members of the fitness clubs but also with non members, i.e. people who lived in areas with an absence of fitness facilities. Further interviews have been made with managers of the fitness clubs and with two political representatives. The other methods were mapping of the facilities inrelationship to different variables in ArcGIS and field observations. The results of this study show thatthe facilities are mostly located in the central of Stockholm and places where income levels,population density and amount of people working in an area are high. The facilities can also be foundwhere there are large flows of people, for example near commercial centers such as shopping malls.The fitness clubs do not primarily focus on establishing any facilities in places where exercise is mostneeded. The target groups for Friskis & Svettis were both younger and older people and those who wanted to pay a low membership fee while Sats target groups were people aged between 20-50 years and were willing to pay a high price for a membership. Based on price for a membership, availability and what the clubs offers, some people may get excluded from Sats and Friskis & Svettis. Those people mostly live in low status areas and if they eventually would become members of the clubs it would require cheap prices, culture-specific exercise forms and better proximity between the residenceand the facility. Finally, since both the fitness clubs and the political representative’s claims that people everywhere should have the possibility to exercise regardless of their income level and so on, there should be a better interaction between all the actors in order for the clubs to be available to allthe people.

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  • 39.
    Alam, Iffat
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Kvinnans trygghet i fysisk planering: En kvalitativ undersökning av kvinnans uppfattade trygghet i det offentliga rummet2022Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
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    Denna fallstudie riktas på att bidra med en förståelse på kvinnans uppfattade trygghet och säkerhet av det offentliga rummet i Stockholm. Definitionen av på trygghet och säkerhet är subjektiv och individuell. Fallstudien innehåller tidigare forskning inom ämnesområdet som ger läsaren en överblick på de tidigare studier och dess resultat. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten som nyttjades i studien var advocacy planning. Denna variant av stadsplanering förväntas förbättra kvinnan livskvalité med hjälp av att öka det sociala stödet och resurser som anses vara primära för kvinnan. De empiriska resultaten i studien uppnåddes av semi-strukturerade intervjuer och användandet av transect walk method. Svaren från intervjuerna överensstämde den tidigare forskningen och dess resultat. 

     

    De utförda intervjuerna innehåller flera faktorer som kvinnan upplevde bidrog till känslan av trygghet respektive otrygghet. Resultaten kan användas och appliceras vid framtida stadsplanering för att inkludera kvinnans trygghet. 

  • 40.
    Albers, Thomas
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Linjer på vattnet: Den tidiga linjetrafiken till sjöss i Stockholm2017Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Studien undersöker hur linjetrafiken på vattnet i Stockholm förändrades under 1800-talet. Utifrån relationellgeografi undersöks vad som ledde till förändringar i trafiken och hur det relationella rummet förändrades genom tiden. Undersökningen görs genom en arkivstudie och jämförande kartering ihop med en GIS-analys vilket jämförs med befolkningsutvecklingen. Det står klart att linjetrafiken ökade och blev mer konkurrensutsatt under 1800-talet. Staden expanderade bebyggelsemässigt och nya operatörer började trafikera nya sträckor vilket ändrade relationen mellan staden och ytterområdena. Förändrade sociala förhållanden resulterade i en annan syn på arbetet.

  • 41.
    Aldén, Henrik
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Förutsäga offentlighet med Space Syntax: En rumslig analys av Sundbyberg2019Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Space Syntax är en teori, metod och ett verktyg. Verktyget Space Syntax är användbart för att förutsäga var det är sannolikt att finna det högsta flödet av människor och småskalig handel, baserat endast på den rumsliga konfigurationen. Gatunätverket i Sundbyberg står inför förändring när järnvägen Mälarbanan ska läggas i en tunnel. Den här uppsatsen kommer att undersöka hur rörelsemönstret förändras när barriären som järnvägen utgör försvinner från stadskärnan. Med verktyget Space Syntax och observation av stadskärnan testas hypotesen om en korrelation mellan ett värde på integration och faktiskt rörelseaktivitet.

  • 42.
    Alexandra, Carla
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Reimagining the city through art: Tactics, opportunities and limitations from Experiment Stockholm2016Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
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    The transformation of cities is a challenge of global significance that will depend on the capacity to re-imagine the potential of cities, and thus needs more than standard technocratic urban planning approaches. Deep engagement with the arts provides one avenue for recasting the future of cities. This thesis explores the question of how ‘critical urban art interventions’ develop alternative ways of knowing urban nature, and the opportunities and limitations of using art to reimagine the future of cities. By drawing on urban political ecology and cultural geography, the thesis documents and explores the aims and tactics used in five urban art interventions to reimagine sites of urban nature in Stockholm. Qualitative interviews and participant observation were carried to explore these questions. Findings suggest that tactics used in urban art interventions promote embodied ways of knowing, and simultaneously interacting with the physical and socio- historical constructions of sites of urban natures. 

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  • 43.
    Ali Hassan, Hamdi
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Skandinavien i marknadsföringssyfte: Den nordeuropeiska regionens betydelse för fyra företag2018Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Platsmarknadsföring har på den senaste tiden varit något som fler och fler länder, städer och regioner engagerar sig i för att locka turister, investeringar och företag. Platsmarknadsföring och place branding (ett paraplybegrepp som inkluderar platsmarknadsföring) försöker forma folks uppfattning om en viss plats. Under en typiskt vanlig  dag har du säkert sett något spår av detta, kanske en skylt på tunnelbanan där texten lyder “Two cities, one break. Tel Aviv. Jerusalem”.  Stockholm är endast huvudstaden av Sverige men marknadsförs som “The Capital of Scandinavia”, denna uppsats studerar både hur och varför staden marknadsförs på det viset. Andra aktörer i näringslivet har också utnyttjat begreppet Skandinavien i antingen sitt namn eller i sin marknadsföring och denna undersökning studerar hur och varför begreppet används. Metoderna som har utnyttjats är intervjuer, primära och sekundära källor och och bildanalyser och allihop har bidragit med en insyn på hur och varför begreppet Skandinavien används av så många olika aktörer i näringslivet samt hur det uppfattas.  Anledningen till att detta är värt att studera inom ramen för en kulturgeografisk uppsats är det faktum att Skandinavien är en fysisk geografisk plats som under flera sammanhang utnyttjas av aktörer i näringslivet för att det är en positiv association som kan bidra till deras försäljning och fallen som har valts ut för denna studie är inte unika, utan en massa företag utnyttjar en plats som folk förknippar med positiva faktorer som exempelvis Lindt med deras logo “maître chocolatier Suisse depuis 1845” som kan översättas till “Den bästa schweiziska chokladtillverkaren sedan 1845”. Uppenbarligen utnyttjar de den överlägsna statusen som Schweiz har i samband till choklad.

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  • 44.
    Ali Sami, Lanya
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    “Fortfarande Isär”: En kvalitativ studie om skolsegregationen och elevers skolresultat i Stockholms stad.2021Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Over the years, school segregation has spread increasingly, and today there are large differences among students composition and school results in the Swedish schools. Most researchers agree that school segregation is a complex subject and demonstrates that there are several factors that can explain segregation among schools. Researchers often discuss that the socioeconomic and ethnic background is something that is decisive for students' school performance. Differences in school results have increased among students and this is thought to be due to school segregation, which in turn is related to the increased housing segregation and to some extent the free school choice. Stockholm city has some of the most segregated schools in the country with large differences in terms of both school results and student composition. The purpose of this thesis has been to investigate school segregation in Sweden and illustrate possible reasons why students' school results differ among schools in socioeconomically “strong” and “weak” areas. The study has focused on two municipal schools in Stockholm to get an idea of ​​what the reality might look like. The focus was on Engelbrektsskolan and Hjulsta grundskola, as these schools have large differences in students' composition, students' backgrounds, and school results. The survey is based on interviews with politicians, officials, school staff, former school staff and former students, a total of eleven people. Based on the participants' information and reasoning, the interviews were analysed on the basis of previous research on school segregation, Bourdieu's capital theories, the Micromotives and Macrobehavior theory and the “White flight” and “White avoidance” theory. The study showed that the statements given by the informants indicates that the main reason for school segregation is because of housing segregation and that the free school choice has a certain impact, which is also stated by previous research. In terms of differences in students' school results, according to the studies participants, there were several factors that affected students' performance in school. As in previous research, the results showed that students' socioeconomic background, parents' level of education, peer effects, school leadership and student composition were all factors that affected students' school results. This is reflected in Engelbrektsskolan which is located in a socioeconomically “strong” area, and Hjulsta grundskola which is located in a socioeconomically “weak” area. All students are affected by school segregation, however students who live in socioeconomically weak areas are negatively affected.

  • 45.
    Alijagic, Dino
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Effekterna av regionförstoring efter infrastrukturprojekt på inkomstskillnader?: En fallstudie av Strängnäs och Värnamo2013Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna uppsats visar vilken påverkan infrastrukturprojekt vars mål är regionförstoring har på olika aspekter så som befolkningsmängd, utbildningsnivå, pendling samt inkomstfördelning. Detta genom studerande teorier som Human Capital Theory, Central Place Theory med flera. Men också genom genomförda intervjuer och insamlad statistik. Uppsatsen består av två huvudfrågeställningar, dels vad syftet är med Ostlänken och vad detta bygge kan innebära för Norrköping utifrån faktorer som befolkningsmängd, pendling, utbildningsnivå samt inkomstfördelning? Men också om det blev större inkomstskillnader i Strängnäs efter bygget av Svealandsbanan? Resultaten visar att större infrastrukturprojekt har en påverkan på vissa aspekter, speciellt utbildningsnivån, pendlingen samt inkomstfördelningen. Efter bygget av Svealandsbanan har majoriteten av de som flyttar in till Strängnäs varit högutbildade familjer som är höginkomsttagare. Detta i kombination med att antalet låginkomsttagare har minskat i kommunen gör att inkomstskillnaderna har ökat sedan Svealandsbanan byggdes.    

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  • 46.
    Alijeva, Kamilla
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Klassiskt är det nya moderna?: En studie om området Fyrklövern i Upplands Väsby kommun2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Den arkitektoniska stilen på byggnader har utvecklats och ser annorlunda ut nuförtiden i jämförelse med vad det gjorde för 100 år sedan. Med tiden byggdes nya bostäder där funktionalismen var viktigare än utformningen av bostädernas fasader. Det finns en pågående debatt i dagspress och i föreningar som ”arkitekturupproret” som ifrågasätter dagens modernistiska arkitektur och efterfrågar nybyggnation i ”klassisk stil”. En kommun som hörsammat dessa önskemål är Upplands Väsby, som har påbörjat bygga i klassisk arkitektur i området Fyrklövern. Uppsatsen ämnar undersöka varför Upplands Väsby har valt att uttalat välja bygga i denna typ av stil och vad det säger om hur en kommun resonerar kring det arkitektoniska uttrycket i planeringen av bostäder idag. Uppsatsen undersökte kommunens arbete med gestaltning i stadsmiljön och om en blandad bostadsmiljö genererar till att uppnå en god bostadsmiljö. Forskningen baserades på material från kvalitativa intervjuer med respondenter som tjänstemän och politiker samt dokumentanalyser från Upplands Väsby kommun. I resultatet kom det fram till att en god gestaltad bostadsmiljö främjas av en blandad bostadsmiljö. 

  • 47.
    Alkén, William
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Hemlöshet: Hemlösas perspektiv på den byggda miljön2015Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Uppsatsen syftar till att studera hemlösas perspektiv på den byggda miljön i Stockholm

    stad. Detta utifrån två frågeställningar: Var bor/vistas hemlösa i Stockholm och varför?

    Vad finns det för möjligheter och begränsningar i stadens fysiska och strukturella

    utformning? Arbetet har färgats av teorier från bland annat Emma Jackson som studerat

    unga hemlösa i London. Det empiriska materialet har insamlats med hjälp av intervjuer

    och observation samt analyserats med narrativanalys. Uppsatsen undersöker

    användandet av rum genom exemplet hemlösa. Studiens resultat påvisar att hemlösa

    utsätts för krafter som drar och trycker dem i olika riktningar och påverkar deras

    rörelsemönster.

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  • 48.
    Allard, Anna
    Stockholm University.
    Vegetation changes in mountainous areas: a monitoring methodology based on aerial photographs, high-resolution satellite images, and field investigations2003Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
  • 49. Allen, John
    et al.
    Axelsson, Linn
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Border topologies: The time-spaces of labour migrant regulation2019In: Political Geography, ISSN 0962-6298, E-ISSN 1873-5096, Vol. 72, p. 116-123Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Labour migrants seeking work and employment increasingly find themselves having to negotiate an ambiguous migrant status that leaves them neither fully included, nor fully excluded, from a political community. Of late, there has been a recognition that such ambiguity arises as much from temporal as spatial border management practices. Rather than consider time and temporality as integral to the distorted spatiality of contemporary political borders, however, the tendency has been to treat the former as a supplement to the latter. In this paper, we set out to show how time and space work through one another to place migrant workers partly on the ‘inside’, partly on the ‘outside’, by selectively combining their pre-and post-entry experiences. In order to make sense of this series of temporal and spatial entanglements, we advance a particular topological reading that aims to show how complex migrant positions are produced and maintained by bringing the times before and after the border into play as part of what enables governments to include and exclude labour migrants in a more differentiated manner. Such regulated time-spaces, of which we outline two, indefinite exclusion and suspended inclusion, in our view, offer a more accurate account of the ways in which migrant workers are simultaneously included and excluded.

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  • 50. Almered Olsson, Gunilla
    et al.
    Björklund, Johanna
    Hermele, Kenneth
    Hornborg, Alf
    Widgren, Mats
    Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.
    Konventionella jordbruket är ett blindspår2014In: Göteborgsposten, ISSN 1103-9345, no 21 novemberArticle in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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