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- King, Russell, et al.
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From peripheral region to escalator region in Europe : Young Baltic graduates in London
- 2018
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In: European Urban and Regional Studies. - : Sage Publications. - 0969-7764 .- 1461-7145. ; 25:3, s. 284-299
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper examines recent migration from three little-studied European Union (EU) countries, the Baltic states, focusing on early-career graduates who move to London. It looks at how these young migrants explain the reasons for their move, their work and living experiences in London, and their plans for the future, based on 78 interviews with individual migrants. A key objective of this paper is to rejuvenate the core-periphery structural framework through the theoretical lens of London as an escalator' region for career development. We add a necessary nuance on how the time dimension is crucial in understanding how an escalator region functions - both in terms of macro-events such as EU enlargement or economic crisis, and for life-course events such as career advancement or family formation. Our findings indicate that these educated young adults from the EU's north-eastern periphery migrate for a combination of economic, career, lifestyle and personal-development reasons. They are ambivalent about their futures and when, and whether, they will return-migrate.
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- Kingsepp, Eva, 1961-
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Ghosts, Extraterrestrials, and (Re-)enchantment : Possibilities and Challenges in Post-secular Tourism
- 2023
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In: Folklore, People, and Places. - London : Routledge. - 9781003374138 ; , s. 186-198
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Paranormal phenomena and the occult are today common in mainstream Western popular culture, which is in several countries also reflected in national tourism. This is not really the case in Sweden, whose official self-image is built on modernity, secularism, and rationalism. Still, on a folk level there are signs of what is often called the post-secular, a spiritually informed worldview characterised by openness towards the otherworldly, indicating a cultural reaction akin to a re-enchantment of the world. This chapter discusses the use of the paranormal in Swedish regional tourism, with the province Värmland as a case study. A working hypothesis is that the tourism industry may sanction certain aspects of the paranormal, such as ghosts, through their objectification of them, while others, for example UFOs, are not considered suitable, despite their presence in mainstream popular culture. Still, it seems that Swedish paranormal tourism has a long way to go before reaching the levels of, for example, the United Kingdom or the United States.
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- Kinuya Gitau, James, et al.
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Understanding users' needs is important for the adoption of cleaner biomass cook stoves
- 2022
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- elwood is the main source of cooking and heating energy for households in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, most of these households use inefficient biomass cook stoves, leading to consumption of more fuel and exposure to indoor air pollutants and associate health problems which disproportionately affect women and children. However, adoption of cleaner biomass cook stoves has remained low which could be associated to low understanding of users' needs and preferences among other factors. This study examined the performance and use of efficient gasifier cook stoves in the mid-lowlands, highlands and coastal regions of Kenya. Gasifier stoves that produce char (charcoal when used fuel or biochar when used for soil amendment) while cooking were issued to 150 households for free and their performance in fuel use and household air pollution in real life assessed among 50% of the households using participatory cooking tests. Further uptake surveys were carried out after 2–3 months about one year after gasifier cook stoves were issued. The gasifier performs better than three-stone open fire as it reduces fuel use by 51% and 28% when char is considered as fuel and biochar for soil amendment respectively. The new stove reduces concentration of PM2.5 and CO by 90% and 73% respectively. The results showed that after 2-3 months, 86%, 96% and 100% (average 94%) of households were using the stove though at varying frequencies of 4, 9 and 7 (average 7) times per week in Embu, Kwale and Siaya respectively. The use of the new stove was alongside their traditional stoves a common practice known as stove stacking. The gasifier was mainly used to cook foods that required a short cooking time and many preferred to use it to cook dinner. After about one year, 38%, 100 % and 88% (average 75%) of households were using it 3, 2 and 5 (average 3) times per week in Embu, Kwale and Siaya respectively while stove stacking. The surveys showed that the users liked the gasifier because it saves fuel, produce char used as charcoal providing fuel for other purposes such as ironing clothes and heating space, cook well and burn longer with less smoke and is easy to harvest and cool the char produced. However, despite the positive characteristics the users found it difficult to light from the top, chop wood into required sizes and reload the stove when fuel charred before the food got ready. To meet their cooking and heating needs, households continued to use the traditional three-stone and added the new stove. Users’ needs and preferences need to be understood and considered in the development of cleaner cooking biomass stoves for enhanced adoption and realization of the associated benefits
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- Kjellman, Cecilia
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Ta plats eller få plats? : Studier av marginaliserade människors förändrade vardagsliv
- 2003
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The aim is to study and analyse processes intended to change the daily lives of two marginalised groups and enable them to participate to a greater extent in the community. The two marginalised groups are young male drug addicts and older intellectually disabled. The thesis is permeated by three geographic perspectives: 1) the time-geographic approach, 2) sense of place and 3) social-geographic theories of how marginalisation influences a person’s prospects of acquiring a place. A plausible reason for combining these three perspectives is that they will increase understanding of the connection between the prerequisites for daily life and an individual’s likelihood of acquiring a place. The time geographic approach uses several concepts to describe and analyse empirical data. In my studies, projects, constraints and prisms are particularly important in the analysis of empirical information. Sense of place is built on people’s experiences and perceptions of it. Our recollections and previous experiences of places, positive or negative, are often the starting point when we settle into new places. For the groups that I have researched, understanding how social relations function and how they experience and use places became particularly important. People have a need to identify with others. By shutting themselves off from groups they find frightening, they also reinforce identification with the group they belong to. Both physical and/or symbolic markings in a place make it clear what sort of place it is, or for whom the place is or is not. The drug addicts’ process of change is divided into four phases. The intellectually disabled processes of change are divided into three phases. The collected empirical information is accounted for in every phase, under the same heading. These headings consist of the following concepts and angles of approach: daily routines, constraints, projects and activities, shadow effects, movement pattern, sense of place, social relations and marginalisation. The cured drug addict tries to take his place in a new way. In order to do this he has to be constantly aware of capacity limitations and compensate for these by establishing links to new people and new pastimes. The intellectually disabled have new places to be in and some have been given more power to make decisions regarding their daily lives. The outside environment contains more constraints depending on e.g. how people in the surroundings react and on the traffic milieu. Insight into different people’s possibilities and prerequisites provides increased opportunities to understand their unique context. Together with more general knowledge of groups and categories I can show the significance of being placed in a group, what consequences this may imply for the individuals, and their possibilities of being permitted to live their daily lives in the community and of obtaining a place.
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- Klang, Lennart, 1949-
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Norrbottens forntid i fokus
- 1991
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In: Kulturmiljövård. - Stockholm : Riksantikvarieämbetet. - 1100-4800. ; [16]:2, s. 44-49
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)
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- Klapka, Pavel, et al.
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What about Time-Geography in the post-Covid-19 era?
- 2020
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In: Moravian Geographical Reports. - : ACAD SCI CZECH REPUBLIC, INST GEONICS. - 1210-8812 .- 2199-6202. ; 28:4, s. 238-247
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this year, 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has imposed new challenges for most human activities. Time-geography is a theoretical approach with great potential for analysing the consequences of the new disease and other disturbances, and this article aims at identifying possible developments of interest for the approach in the post-Covid era. The article addresses challenges that emerge for time-geographic research from the perspective of massive changes in human behaviour, regarding time-space activity patterns, caused by the globally diffusing disease. The implications of the pandemic are discussed with respect to four areas: (i) time-geographic techniques; (ii) activities and rhythms; (iii) activity spaces; and (iv) social issues and perceptions. The time-geographic concepts to be scrutinised are constraints, virtual time space and bundles, and stations and paths. In addition, the article introduces this Special Issue of the Moravian Geographical Reports on Current issues, methods and applications in time-geography, contributions which for evident reasons were written before the onset of the pandemic.
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- Klapwijk, Maartje, et al.
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Capturing complexity : Forests, decision-making and climate change mitigation action
- 2018
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In: Global Environmental Change. - : Elsevier. - 0959-3780 .- 1872-9495. ; 52, s. 238-247
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Managed forests can play an important role in climate change mitigation due to their capacity to sequester carbon. However, it has proven difficult to harness their full potential for climate change mitigation. Managed forests are often referred to as socio-ecological systems as the human dimension is an integral part of the system. When attempting to change systems that are influenced by factors such as collective knowledge, social organization, understanding of the situation and values represented in society, initial intentions often shift due to the complexity of political, social and scientific interactions. Currently, the scientific literature is dispersed over the different factors related to the socio-ecological system. To examine the level of dispersion and to obtain a holistic view, we review climate change mitigation in the context of Swedish forest research. We introduce a heuristic framework to understand decision-making connected to climate change mitigation. We apply our framework to two themes which span different dimensions in the socio-ecological system: carbon accounting and bioenergy. A key finding in the literature was the perception that current uncertainties regarding the reliability of different methods of carbon accounting inhibits international agreement on the use of forests for climate change mitigation. This feeds into a strategic obstacle affecting the willingness of individual countries to implement forest-related carbon emission reduction policies. Decisions on the utilization of forests for bioenergy are impeded by a lack of knowledge regarding the resultant biophysical and social consequences. This interacts negatively with the development of institutional incentives regarding the production of bioenergy using forest products. Normative disagreement about acceptable forest use further affects these scientific discussions and therefore is an over-arching influence on decision-making. With our framework, we capture this complexity and make obstacles to decision-making more transparent to enable their more effective resolution. We have identified the main research areas concerned with the use of managed forest in climate change mitigation and the obstacles that are connected to decision making.
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