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Greenery and water create ecosystem services that are particularly important in cities, where these areas can be limited. It is therefore important that greenery and water are well incorporated in the planning stage of city development. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the biotope area factor of six different apartment courtyards that were a part of the housing fair Bo01 in Malmö, Sweden.

This ethnographic study investigates the rising Hanfu movement in China. Hanfu, literally means the clothing of Han ethnicity, but it is a newly coined terminology. The movement takes Hanfu as a symbol and aims to redefine the position of Han ethnicity in Chinese society and extend the influence of Chinese culture in the worldwide. Methods including interviewing, netnography and critical discourse

Utvecklingen av samhällsfastigheter har under de senaste åren gått från att vara en kommunal angelägenhet till något som allt fler aktörer fått upp ögonen för. Ett stort behov av skolplatser och särskilda boenden för äldre har inneburit att flera svenska kommuner avyttrat sin mark till både privata och kommunala bolag som får stå för utvecklingen av morgondagens skolor och äldreboenden. FörsäljninIn recent years, the development of properties for public use has gone from being only a municipal matter to a segment with an increasing number of stakeholders. A rising need for school facilities and residential care homes has resulted Swedish municipalities divesting properties to private or public companies. The sale of land own by municipalities shall be made to a market value according to th

Sustainability reporting is the primary way corporate sustainability data is disseminated to stakeholders and the wider public. While sustainability reporting is growing, certain industries still lag, such as shipping. Given the crucial role sustainability reporting can play in driving sustainable business practices, promoting improved reporting in the shipping industry is a valuable goal. This t

This study examines the challenges related to global talent management (GTM) and employer branding (EB) strategies of multinational enterprises (MNE) within the automotive industry. Caused by increasing global talent shortages, the practices of GTM and EB have gained much attention in academic literature but are argued to be subject to integration-responsiveness tensions based on endogenous and ex

Darfurkonflikten är en av de mest våldsamma och brutala konflikter som har präglat 2000-talet. Vad som har orsakat konflikten är en fråga som har delat den akademiska världen i två tydliga läger, ett som argumenterar för att klimatförändringarna är den primära orsaken till konflikten. Medan andra hävdar att politiska beslut ligger bakom det hatt och splittringar som har präglat konflikten. Samtidi

Syftet med arbetet är att undersöka i vilken utsträckning naturgrus kan ersättas av krossat bergmaterial inom väg- och anläggningsprojekt samt betongändamål inom byggsektorn. Genom att granska grus- och bergmaterialen ur ett livscykelperspektiv samt tekniskt, ekonomiskt och miljömässigt perspektiv lokalisera problemområden och utvecklingspotential. Även entreprenörers och beställares intresse för The aim of the report is to investigate the extent to which natural gravel can be replaced by crushed aggregates in road- and construction projects and for use as a substrate within concrete in the construction sector. By examining the gravel and crushed aggregates from a life cycle perspective as well as technical, economical and environmental perspective, this study aims to identify problem area

Den svenska transportsektorn står för ungefär en tredjedel av landets totala utsläpp av växthusgaser och släppte 2019 ut 16,4 Mt CO2-ekvivalenter. Av dessa står den tunga vägtrafiken för cirka 20 % och är efter passagerarfordonen den största källan till utsläpp av växthusgaser inom sektorn. I och med FN:s klimatpanels återkommande rapporter om klimatförändringen och den Europeiska Unionens nya kliThe Swedish transport sector accounts for roughly a third of the country’s total emissions of greenhouse gases, emitting 16.4 Mt CO2-equivalents in 2019. Of these emissions, the heavy road traffic accounts for 20 % and is the sectors largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after the passenger vehicle fleet. With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recurring reports on the climat

Thesis Purpose: The purpose of this study is to extend the research on Instagram content. We will look at how different types of firm-generated content created by Swedish beauty retailers on Instagram is evaluated by young female Swedsih consumers in the hopes of finding which content that is perceived to be visually appealing and met with an interest. Theoretical Perspective: This study builds

This thesis evaluates a new method for detecting cartels based on the idea that cartels create structural breaks in their price generating process. The method is evaluated along certain criteria and is further explored using more detailed data on Spanish retail fuel prices. A novel contribution with this thesis is to present an improvement of the method. The method fails to detect cartels and fail

Heart rate variability (HRV) is the variation between two consecutive heartbeats. The irregular variability in this interval can indicate different health issues such as stress. The goal of this project is to correctly classify if a HRV signal comes from a resting state or a state which is affected by stress related stimuli. The analysis will be conducted using non-parametric multitaper spectrum a

Research question: Are sustainability reports credible? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify if sustainability reports are credible with the help of a content analysis. Methodology: With the use of CONI-model which consists part of a quantitative and part qualitative content analysis results can be analyzed more in depth. This study focuses on six related categories which are respon

Denna kvalitativa undersökning fokuserar på att undersöka ungdomars egen självuppfattning utifrån hur de själva anser sig blir sedda och behandlade i samhället just för att de är invandrare och boendes i utsatta områden. Teorin grundas på Beverly Skeggs teori om respektabilitet och klass. Den metod som används i genomförandet av undersökningen är en blandning av kvalitativa semistrukturerade int

Syfte: Skapa djupare förståelse för det nya servicemötet utan personal. Studien avser därmed att undersöka hur tjänsteverksamheter arbetar med självservicen för att skapa bra kundbemötanden. Slutligen vill studien även bidra med forskning om hur självservicen har förändrat servicemötet. Teori: Studiens teoretiska ramverk utgår från teorier om strategier, servicemötet och värdesamskapande. Metod: U

In 2002, the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care published a report that described the treatment model used to treat young sex offenders at the residential home Tunagården. While the report listed underlying factors for sexual abuse on a societal level, the structural aspects of sexual abuse were not present in the treatment itself. This thesis aims to analyse this treatment model as well

External money inflows in form of FDI, ODA, and remittances make up for a substantial share of GDP in PICs. In this dissertation, the effect of external capital inflows on economic growth in receiving countries is evaluated. This study is amongst the first to investigate the interconnected effects of FDI, ODA, and remittances upon output for PICs. In line with the new growth theory, it is argued t

This thesis analyses the material culture of karate clothing in Sweden, namely the karate belt(obi) and the karate uniform (gi). It employs ethnographic methods to observe how these objects reveal themselves in observation and interview in the karate practise hall (dojo), and uses a Bourdieuan framework to analyse the different types of capital which emerge; cultural, social and symbolic. This stu

The purpose of this study is to test the sustainable development of Costa Rica between 1890 and 2015 based on Genuine Savings. The Genuine Savings estimations are composed of indicators on fixed capital, natural capital, and human capital. Indicators for this study were built with data from several sources including local and international projects, as well as governmental data. The data was then

The topic of this study is to develop and validate an analysis method of nicotine nasal spray produced at McNeil AB. When developing the analysis method, several parameters were determined in advance to make the method more similar to other analysis methods at the company, making it more practical. However, other parameters were adjusted with the aim to improve the resolution and to fulfil the upd