Masteruppsatser / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle, avdelningen för kulturgeografi (2013-)

Planning neighbourhoods for local living. New Urbanism ideas in practice

Zalalyte, Vejuna (2023-11-20)

This thesis explores the effect of New Urbanist planning theory on facilitating sustainable local living behaviours in inner city neighbourhoods. Drawing on the empirical evidence of two New Urbanist neighbourhoods in ...

Teleworking and the Countryside. An explorative thesis regarding telework as an enabler for residential relocations and life in the countryside

Böhm, Joel (2023-08-04)

The research on teleworking, and its spatial implications, is well explored. However, anticipations of a rising diffusion of teleworking never really got actualised, until a global pandemic emerged, and redrew the map of ...

The effects of Covid-19 on young adults´outdoor recreation habits. A comparison between Sweden and Mexico

Marin-Rodríguez, Jessica Joana (2023-05-17)

The Covid-19 pandemic, that became a global phenomenon in March 2020, has been causing disruptions globally and across all sectors. And, as nations around the world attempted to contain the spread, lockdowns and strong ...

"They call us corona boys". A qualitative study of multilocal lifeworlds and social implications of multilocality during the Covid-19-pandemic in the area of Åre, Sweden

Ekecrantz, Nicolai (2023-03-17)

In accordance with contemporary scholars, the identified increase of urban-rural mobility during the pandemic testifies that multilocality, in terms of living an everyday life in more than one place, is gaining momentum ...

Safety in pedestrian tunnels. An interview study of elderly women and urban planners.

Ringeby, Louise (2023-02-03)

The Conundrum of Planning the Sustainable City

Ellysdotter, Felicia (2022-11-11)

According to the 11th sustainable development goal, cities should be developed in a democratic, sustainable, and inclusive way. A common planning strategy is the use of densification, which on one hand can lead to the ...

Elderly’s everyday travel as an effect of the pandemic. Understanding travel in Gothenburg from a capability and gender approach

Antonsson, Siri (2022-08-23)

People's everyday travel changed dramatically when the world was affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. One group that has been particularly affected by the pandemic, not least by limiting their social contacts or avoiding ...

The voluntary carless and their leisure mobility

Florén Göransson, Anton (2022-08-17)

In the strive to decrease car dependence, novel ways of thinking about mobility is needed. In this regard, much can be learned from those who voluntarily have refrained from car ownership. However, few studies have focused ...

Environmentally friendly, or friendly environment? Exploring environmental sustainability as a motive for residential mobility

Stööp Lindgren, Felix (2022-08-10)

Considering worldwide urban growth, and the challenges involved concerning sustainable development, the aim of this thesis is to broaden knowledge about the drivers and motivations concerning intra-urban residential mobility. ...

Where life happens. Proximity, everyday life strategies, and gender in the dense city

Brundin, Louise (2021-12-07)

This thesis is about the everyday life in the dense city, and gendered aspects of the everyday. Drawing on the fact that many cities densify in order to increase sustainability, and that gender differences in terms of ...

Space-Time Autonomy by Proximity - A Qualitative Study of Girls´ Accessibility by Proximity in Gothenburg

Wilzén, Julia (2021-11-03)

The urban city is a melting pot of different people, groups of people, experiences, desires, and strivings organized within a shared space and connected through a variety of networks. In this shared urban space, it is ...

Nature is just around the corner. Exploring experiences along the way of everyday walks

Skalleberg, Simon (2021-06-23)

With a growing interest in the potential sustainability and health benefits of walking and human-nature relations in urban areas, researchers have pointed out a need to consider the everyday settings people move around ...

TIME FOR SHIFT CHANGE IN THE FABRIC OF EXISTENCE Exploring the role of darkness and artificial light for humans and biodiversity

Strömgren, Maya (2021-06-23)

Den här uppsatsen tar avstamp i förlusten av biologisk mångfald, och då specifik förlusten av biologisk mångfald på grund av överflödigt artificiellt ljus under dygnets mörka timmar, även kallat ljusföroreningar. Den ...

How can socioducts contribute to urban social sustainability? A case study of the two eco/socioducts in Hammarby Sjöstad

Ekberg, Lisa (2020-08-29)

Since traditional methods of bridging physical barriers, such as roads and railways, have not fully solved the problem of creating safe and attractive environments, new solutions have emerged. Socioducts aims to bridge ...

Where is ‘elsewhere’ in biodiversity offsetting? A political-geographical exploration of values and localizations of offset measures in two development projects of Port of Gothenburg, Sweden

Abrahamsson, Oskar (2020-08-20)

Ekologisk kompensation är en relativt ny åtgärd vilket syftar till att minska förlusten av ekologiska värden i samband med stads- och infrastrukturutvecklingsprojekt. Tidigare forskning om ekologisk kompensation har främst ...