This paper aims to investigate the issue of seasonality’s impact on tourism and how regional competitiveness can be enhanced by tourism. By studying the tourism industry of Gotland, with its peak in the summer and low amount of visitors during the rest of the year, the author aim to answer the research question: How can awareness of seasonality’s impacts on the tourism industry of Gotland create c

Syftet med studien var att utarbeta ett nytt testinstrument för att mäta familjemående samt att undersöka samband mellan familjemående och individuellt mående med fokus på depressiva symtom, och eventuella könsskillnader, vilket gjordes genom testinstrumenten Familjestämning och CES-D. Materialet som utvärderades inhämtades från 168 studenter vid Socialhögskolan och Psykologiska institutionen, LunThe aim of the study was to develop a new test instrument for measuring family mood as well as to investigate the relationship between family mood and individual mood with a focus on depressive symptoms and possible gender differences, which were measured by the Family Mood Assessment and CES-D test tools. The material evaluated was obtained from 168 students from the School of Social Work and fro

Helsingborg is currently (2018) conducting a city rejuvenation project in which it aims to densify and rejuvenate as well as increase the social status of the million programme neighbourhood Drottninghög. As Paul Stouten points out, neighbourhood rejuvenation can be used as a strategy to displace citizens with undesired social and economic status. The aim of this essay is to investigate if such hi

Denna studie syftade till att undersöka vilken effekt en emotionsreglerande åtgärd, administrerad före imagery rescripting (IR), hade för behandlingsutfallet hos patienter med social ångeststörning (SAD). Tidigare forskning har visat att IR är en verksam behandlingsmetod och intervention för att bearbeta och modifiera problematiska inre mentala bilder vid SAD. Studien genomfördes som en randomiserThe purpose of this study was to explore the effects of emotion regulation given prior to imagery rescripting, IR, on the treatment outcome in a sample of patients suffering of social anxiety disorder, SAD. Research has shown that IR is an efficient treatment and intervention to process and transform problematic images that occur in SAD. The study was carried out as a randomized experimential comp

Syftet med föreliggande psykoterapeutexamensuppsats var att undersöka arbetsförmåga och tidiga tecken på utmattning hos psykiatripersonal i Sverige. Vidare syftade studien till att undersöka samvariation mellan arbetsförmåga och grad av utmattning samt om faktorer såsom arbetsplats och yrkestitel samvarierade med tecken på begynnande utmattning. En enkät bestående av demografiska variabler, Lund UThe objective of the present study was to examine the work ability and early signs of exhaustion among psychiatric health‐care workers in Sweden. Furthermore, the study examined covariation between work ability and degree of exhaustion and also whether factors such as workplace and occupational title was correlated with incipient exhaustion. A survey of demographic variables, the Lund University C

Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att utvärdera effekten av korttidsfamiljebehandling med fokus på förändringar i familjens känslomässiga klimat och förändringar av symtom hos det barn som är identifierad patient. Arbetet utgick från frågorna: Hur förändras upplevelsen hos de olika familjemedlemmarna avseende familjens känslomässiga klimat? Upplever barnet en symtomminskning? Upplever föräldrarnaThe purpose of this paper was to evaluate the effect of a short-term family treatment regarding changes in the family's emotional climate and changes in the symptoms of the child. The work was based on the questions: How does family members experience the family's emotional climate? Does the child experience a decrease in symptoms? Do the parents experience a decrease in the symptoms of th

In order to create non-commercial places in the central city of Gothenburg, locating municipal services on ground floor level has been introduced as a part of the social sustainability dimension. The purpose is to create a vivid community and an including society within the urban development project Masthuggskajen. There is however a limited number of previous research conducted on how proceed wit

The municipalities in Sweden are the result of a reform executed between the years 1962-1974 in which smaller municipalities were merged with others, to create larger more economically sustainable units. Today the debate, in wheather the municipalities are able to perform their duties towards their citizens, has been revived. The standard for municipal service is set by the more affluent municipal

This case study aims to add to the existing knowledge on monoculture in Sweden by investigating which approach Landskrona Municipality has on the topic, and how it is manifested in the municipality’s urban and regional planning. Landskrona has a long history of rationalized agricultural practices strongly characterized by monoculture to provide Sweden with cash crops for self-sufficiency on food a

This Bachelor thesis aims to analyse how the city of Gothenburg can be seen as a landscape of power and how this landscape might change due to the construction of the new CBD area called RegionCity, located just behind the central station. From the end of the 1970s, the city has developed from being an industrial city to become a post-industrial city. This has led to a new planning discourse chara

This essay aims to investigate which tools Swedish planners can use to create social mixing in newly built urban districts and how the current housing policy in Sweden affects the possibilities to do so. Two examples of urban district projects, Frihamnen in Gothenburg and Vallastaden in Linköping, are used to present different ways of planning for social mixing. The research questions are: - Whi

In an era of economic globalization shaped by hegemonic capitalism, resistance movements introduce different alternatives for a life beyond capitalism. The powerful and dominant system logic criticizes such movements for being utopian dreamers with no pragmatic sense of plausible social change. The 'ontology of the possible' for emancipatory social change is dominated by the coloniality of

The historical development of modern Swedish regional development policy indicates a con-tinuous contradiction between two underlying arguments of what constitutes the raison d’etre of regional development policy. Economic growth and territorial cohesion exemplifies con-trasting goals and ambitions prevalent in the historical development, as well as in the regional growth and development policy of

I vissa fall uppfattas betalda samarbeten med influencers som genuina rekommendationer och som ett effektivt sätt att påverka konsumentens köpintention. Dock understryks oro för hur betalda samarbeten vilseleder konsumenten genom sublima budskap som sprids genom influencers. Inte bara forskare ifrågasätter trovärdigheten i det som kommuniceras genom betalda samarbeten på sociala medier, utan även

This essay aims to describe and analyse how a municipality is affected by being located in a regional periphery. The rural Mellerud Municipality is situated within the Västra Götaland County, which population-wise is the second biggest in Sweden and is in some contexts described as a “metropolitan county”. Despite the fact that Mellerud is located in this big county with strong economic growth, th

Densification is used as a sustainable urban planning strategy in many municipalities in Sweden. This paper aims to investigate how officials at the urban planning office in Lund handles the social dimension of sustainable development in the planning process regarding densification, and the challenges and obstacles that they face. Theories of current planning ideology and norms together with theor

This essay discusses the use of ecosystem services in the vity renewal project Norra Djurgårdsstaden in central Stockholm. The chosen method has been a document analysis where neoliberal planning tendencies was identified from five factors. This was then critically analyzed with the theoretical framework of Harveys theory about urban entrepreneurialism, and political ecology. Holgersens Green fix,

Bakgrund: Att vara en del av arbetslivet är något de flesta vuxna strävar efter men ändå har vuxna med autismspektrumstörning en hög arbetslöshet och låg sysselsättningsgrad. Få studier har undersökt vilka arbetsterapeutiska interventioner som främjar aktivitet i arbetslivet för vuxna med autismspektrumstörning. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att kartlägga och beskriva vilka arbetstBackground: Being a part of the working life is something most adults aim for, yet adults with autism spectrum disorder have high unemployment rates. Few studies have investigated which occupational therapy interventions that promote working life for adults with autism spectrum disorder. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine and describe occupational therapy interventions that are described in

This essay aims to investigate how the Municipality of Ängelholm interprets the concept of sustainable development in the planning process of a new urban area called Stationsområdet and if said area will contribute to the sustainable development of the municipality. The study answers these questions by analyzing documents associated to the planning process of Stationsområdet and conducting intervi

Municipalities in Sweden are facing a large recruitment requirement as staff shortages are increasing in several fields. Across the country municipalities experiencing a rise in competition over available pools of labour. In order to compete with other employers and meet recruitment requirements, the municipalities are facing a growing need to stand out as attractive employers. The thesis hence se