The purpose of this thesis is to examine the socio-cultural impacts that tourists and locals in Mallorca are experiencing. We want to study the locals’ and tourists' perceptions and impact they have on each other. Qualitative interviews have been conducted for this thesis, in which two different interview forms were used. One interview form was used to interview locals and another for tourists, and a total of 11 people were interviewed. The study is based on theories that includes socio-cultural impacts, cultural shock, Doxey's irridex model and codes of conduct. The result of this study is that both locals and tourists had in general positive perceptions of the socio-cultural effects. The positive effects they experienced was cultural- and knowledge exchange, create networks with tourists from around the world and to have multicultural meetings. It was only locals who felt the negative socio-cultural effects of tourism, and these effects were that tourists litter the streets, drinks a lot of alcohol, creates high noise levels and that tourism affects the traditions and local language. / Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka de sociokulturella effekter som turister ochlokalbefolkningen i Mallorca upplever. Vi författare har valt att studera lokalbefolkningensoch turisters uppfattningar som de har av varandra. För denna uppsats har det genomförtskvalitativa intervjuer, där två olika intervjuformer använts. Den ena intervjuformen användesför att intervjua lokalbor och den andra för turister, där totalt 11 personer har intervjuats.Studien utgår från teorier som behandlar bland annat sociokulturella effekter, kulturchock,Doxey's irridex-modell och codes of conduct. Resultatet av studien är att både lokalborna och turisterna i generella drag har positivauppfattningar av turismens effekter på ön. De positiva effekter som de upplevde var kulturochkunskapsutbyten, turismen underlättade att skapa ett nätverk med personer från helavärlden samt en upplevelse av mångkulturella möten. Det är endast lokalborna som anser attdet finns negativa effekter av turismen, vilket var att turister skräpar ner gator,överkonsumerar alkohol, är väldigt högljudda samt påverkar traditioner och det lokala språket.

This case study explores climate change coping and adaptation strategies in an agriculture- dependent community in the Panchkhal Valley in Nepal that suffered from five years of drought between 2004 and 2009. Based on fieldwork and interviews in Panchkhal 2011–2012, it explores how drought, combined with an ongoing process of agricultural commercialization and intensification, lead to a situation of ‘double exposure’ for Panchkhal farmers. As a consequence, current development policies based on the intensification and commercialization of agriculture may both support and undermine climate change adaptation in important ways. For instance, access to markets and a monetary income facilitated coping and adaptation, while dependence on agrochemicals led to increased vulnerability and environmental deterioration at the local level. Furthermore, none of the reported coping and adaptation strategies were able to provide the agricultural system in Panchkhal with sufficient amounts of water during the drought. While community organizations and NGOs were reported to play important roles in facilitating adaptation and mediating support at the time of the drought, government support was regarded to be insufficient. Coping and adaptation projects were often launched by local level actors, but these projects were dependent on resources from other administrative scales for their realization. 'Scale brokers', organizations or individuals that are able to mobilize support from other scales, hence appear to be a critical part for realizing adaptation projects.

Recently, downtown shopping areas have faced a number of challenges, which have undermined their vitality and viability. Some scholars argue that the coincidence of long-term shifts in policies, demographic recomposition and mobility increase and medium- and short-term impacts of changes in business and consumers’ behavior has had negative impact on the economic performance of city center shopping areas. There is an increasing interest in retail vacancy in city centers as it reflects the declining performance of the shopping areas.Retail vacancy is a complex and extensive problem. It is associated with numerous issues such as neglect and under-utilization of space, and is often considered undesirable. Vacancy can lead to decay and dilapidation of the area, but also attracts crime and can thereby result in disadvantaged neighborhoods. In addition, vacancy is also undesirable in the context of a sustainable and efficient use of space. Due to the fact that retail vacancy affects not only economic performance of retailers, but also the area itself, the public space, and, therefore has a spatial characteristics, local and regional authorities are involved in the process of addressing the issue.The thesis aims at identifying different policy arrangements for addressing retail vacancy in Antwerpen province (Belgium) and analyzing their transferability to the institutional settings of the Gelderland province (the Netherlands). This research contributes to the existing academic literature on the retail vacancy by filling the existing gap and giving insights in policy arrangements and institutional environment of the issue in international comparative perspective.

In this study is analysed how the ERDF (European Regional Development Funding) in East-Netherlands approaches innovation and how this approach is shaped and complemented byEuropean, national and regional policy. This is done by analysing how the targeted interventionapproach and the institutional approach are used in the ERDF and adjacent policies. The twoapproaches are both based on a different argument on how innovation policy makes an impact.By doing this the study contributes to the analysis of European policy and it empirically appliesconcepts used in theory on innovation and regional economic development. This gives policy makersinput for the development of innovation policy and especially for the development of Europeanpolicy post 2020. For academia this study shows theoretical gaps in the concepts applied andprovides suggestions for further research on these concepts. The study concludes that ERDF fundingin East-Netherlands is strongly based on the targeted intervention approach. The use of thisapproach results from the governance structure under which ERDF is implemented. The EU 2020strategy has been influential in the final shape of the policy, while the national level has a lessimportant role. Innovation policy at the regional level complements the ERDF policy because it is alsobased on concepts from the targeted intervention approach. The institutional policy implemented atthe European and national level has weaker links with the ERDF programme.

Ethiopia being one of the countries in the world currently in the most need of help, has the support and financial aid of several countries, many who are part of the European Union. The objective of this essay is to examine the differences in development aid from two of these countries, France and Sweden, to Ethiopia. The compliance to the European Union’s policy for developmental aid is also considered and compared between the two concerning their development aid in Ethiopia. The subject is approached by studying firstly the European Union’s policy for developmental aid. We then examine the manner in which Sweden and France work with developmental aid, both generally in the world and specifically in Ethiopia. It was found that in the general developmental aid, France focused more on international stability and the elimination of poverty while Sweden focused on peace, free trade and democracy. Other than this they were found to have similar goals. We then continue by examining the nature of the projects that are executed by the two countries in Ethiopia and their compliance to the European Union’s policy. A comparison between the works of the two countries is performed throughout the essay to find any differences or similarities. It was found that while both France and Sweden had projects in the same fields of action, some were specific for their respective country as well. It was also found that France seemed to have fewer projects running in Ethiopia than Sweden. A possible cause to this is that the countries prioritize differently since Ethiopia is one of 19 focus countries for developmental aid in France and fourth on the list of countries receiving the most of Sweden’s developmental aid. Both of the two countries’ developmental aid in Ethiopia was largely in compliance with the EU policy.

Since the foundation of the Nordic welfare state, architecture and urban planning have been central elements in the creation of post‐war, modern welfare cities. Ideals of healthy, socially conscious and productive capitalist futures have been articulated through housing design, planning strategies and infrastructure projects. Today however, the welfare city is under pressure due to the current crises our cities are facing. Central issues to these crises are housing unaffordability, rising inequality and socio‐ economic segregation. Over the past few decades, urban planners have become more concerned about these themes in relation to our cities. Housing policies have taken a turn to a more market‐ oriented approach and while there are high investments in real estate, affordable housing supply is still lacking behind. On the other hand, new housing policies are arising that should help make cities fairer and more just for everyone, often referred to as inclusionary housing policies. In this research, various housing policies are being investigated to explore how inclusionary housing addresses the current housing distribution and rising inequality in our cities. To introduce this research, a theoretical framework is outlined, introducing four different concepts that revolve around affordable housing: inclusionary housing policies, socio‐economic segregation, social mix and people‐based policies. This is followed by a methodology section and analysis consisting of two separate parts. First, a literature review is conducted to see how each of the described concepts relate to the Nordic context, after which the geographical focus is laid on Copenhagen, Denmark. In the second part of the analysis, a socio‐economic and geographical analysis is conducted, investigating the distribution of different tenure types in the city of Copenhagen. In this case study, a total of four different tenure types are analysed, namely (1) owner‐occupied housing, (2) private rental housing, (3) housing cooperatives and (4) non‐profit housing. Geographical information systems were used to map the change in distribution of each tenure type, for the period of 2000 to 2021. In addition, possible relations to patterns of socio‐economic segregation are explored, by comparing the change in distribution of tenure types to changes in distribution of average income levels. A significant overlap was found between new housing development areas and areas showing a higher average disposable income in 2019 compared to 2000. In regard of this, recent literature have warned that more market involvement in housing is expected to contribute to income disparities and segregation (Van Ham et al., 2016). The obtained results of this research can be considered in light of this, confirming that the distribution of tenure types is related to patterns of segregation. While this research brings new insights on housing developments in Copenhagen, it is suggested that the case of Copenhagen provides more widely applicable warnings for other cities undergoing a similar neoliberalization of the local housing market. This calls for a political shift in housing development, in which housing must be approached as a public good. On top of that, affordable housing should be made accessible and equally distributed around cities, to avoid further processes of socio‐spatial segregation and polarization. To achieve this, political and ideological strategies must be restored in order to build further on a modern welfare state, providing affordable and good housing for all.

Turismens tillväxt är beroende av hur en destination kan uppfylla besökarnas behov. För att kunna tillfredsställa dessa behov krävs samarbeten mellan olika branscher på destinationen. Samarbetsnivån mellan kommun, privata aktörer och lokalinvånare är en avgörande faktor för utvecklingen på destinationen. Denna uppsats presenterar en kvalitativ studie om destinationsutveckling på Nynäshamn som baseras på observationer samt intervjuer med kommunen, privata aktörer och lokalinvånare. Denna uppsats fokuserar på att få sig en uppfattning om vilka potentialer som finns för att främja en positiv destinationsutveckling i Nynäshamn. Vilka insatser som krävs för att utveckla destinationen och vilka resurser som finns på Nynäshamn, som är en småstad nära havet. Studien har visat att det finns potential för Nynäshamn att skapa en positiv destinationsutveckling. Detta är genom att skapa ett starkt platsvarumärke och genom platsmarknadsföring. Det krävs engagemang och finansiella resurser från kommunens sida att skapa möjligheter och samarbeten med privata aktörer mot gemensamma mål. Det krävs även att det finns samarbete med lokalbefolkningen då det är dem som är förmedlarna av destinationen. Dessa aspekter har identifierats som ledande för att åstadkomma en mer positiv utveckling i Nynäshamn. / The growth of tourism depends on how a destination can meet the needs of visitors. To be able to satisfy these needs, collaborations between different industries at the destination are required. The level of cooperation between the municipality, private actors and residents is a decisive factor for the development of the destination. This essay presents a qualitative study on destination development at Nynäshamn based on observations and interviews with the municipality, private actors and residents. This essay focuses on getting an idea of whatpotentials there are to promote a positive destination development in Nynäshamn. What efforts that are required to develop the destination and what resources are available at Nynäshamn, which is a small town near the sea. The study has shown that there is potential for Nynäshamn to create a positive destination development. This is by creating a strong placebranding and through destination marketing. Commitment and financial resources are required from the municipality to create opportunities and collaborations with private actors towards common goals. It is also required that there are collaborations with the local population as they are the mediators of the destination. These aspects have been identified as dominant to achieve a more positive development in Nynäshamn.

Med ändrade konsumtionsmönster och en ökad global internetanvändning följer ett stegrande behov av hantering av all digital trafik. IT-jätten Facebook vänder därför sin blick mot Sverige och Luleå för att etablera sitt första datacenter utanför USA. Men hur kommer det sig egentligen att region Norrbotten är ett så attraktivt alternativ? Denna litteraturstudie redogör med hjälp av kvantitativa och kvalitativa data utlokaliseringen av datacenter och serverhallar i Sverige genom att analysera typfallet Facebooks etablering i Luleå. Studien tittar både på de regionala och nationella strategierna samt kortsiktiga och långsiktiga effekter på regionens tillväxt. Etableringsprocesser i den här formen tar ofta lång tid innan de får de grandiosa önskade effekter som är på Luleåbornas läppar. Men slutsatsen jag dragit är att om regionen och landet fortsätter att arbeta med exogena likväl endogena strategier samt anpassa sig i den mån de har gjort står Luleå och dess grannkommuner inför en strukturomvandling med en regional utveckling och tillväxt.

Over the past several years destination loyalty has begun to take up an increasing amount of focus within the tourism research field. While there are still a number of question marks of its different aspects and true value to the destination, the subject has been described as prioritized. On that account, the purpose of this study has been to seek understanding of how Stockholm relate to this, and how their expressed strategies towards the international market can be understood within a destination loyalty perspective. Furthermore, the DMO Visit Stockholm’s marketing and communication strategies towards foreign followers on digital platforms have been examined. To reach knowledge of this, a document study of Visit Stockholm and Svensk Turism was carried out, whereafter three interviews took place with representatives from these two organizations. Lastly, a netnographic examination was carried out of Visit Stockholm’s official webpage and their accounts on Facebook and Instagram. The results showed that strategies have yet to be expressed formally regarding destination loyalty, but that there is an awareness of the issue and that it most likely will play a bigger role in the future. In addition to that, there have been empirical findings which show that marketing and communication in fact is conducted, which can relate to destination loyalty. A challenge for Stockholm in the future will be to further take advantage of the possibilities that the digital channels offer. An active approach will be required in imposing new relations to followers and visitors, and in the retaining of existing relations. / Under de senaste åren har destinationslojalitet börjat ta upp alltmer fokus inom den turistiska forskningen. Medan det ännu finns kvar flera frågetecken över dess olika aspekter och egentliga värde för destinationen, så har ämnet beskrivits som speciellt prioriterat. Med anledning av det har syftet med denna undersökning varit att söka förståelse för hur Stockholm förhåller sig till detta, och hur deras uttalade strategier mot den internationella marknaden kan förstås utifrån ett destinationslojalitetsperspektiv. Vidare har undersökts hur DMO:n Visit Stockholms faktiska marknadsföring och kommunikation till utländska följare förs på digitala plattformar. För att nå denna kunskap utfördes en dokumentstudie av Visit Stockholm samt Svensk Turism, därefter ägde tre intervjuer rum med representanter från dessa två organisationer. Till sist utfördes även en netnografisk undersökning av Visit Stockholms officiella hemsida, samt deras konton på Facebook och Instagram. Resultaten visade att det ej i dagsläget finns några uttalade formella strategier kring destinationslojalitet, men att det finns en medvenhet kring frågan och att det troligtvis kommer att bli mer aktuellt i framtiden. Utöver detta har empiriska fynd gjorts som visar på att det faktiskt förs marknadsföring och kommunikation på sociala medier som kan kopplas till destinationslojalitet. En utmaning för Stockholm inför framtiden blir att ytterligare ta till vara på de möjligheter som de digitala kanalerna kan erbjuda. Ett aktivt arbete kommer att krävas inför skapandet av nya relationer till följare och besökare, samt bibehållandet av existerande relationer.

Utifrån det svårdefinierade begreppet smart stad syftar studien till att förstå vilken riktning, inom begreppet, Stockholm tar i jakten på att bli världens smartaste stad. På så sätt besvaras i studien frågan hur Stockholm blir smart istället för att besvara hur smart Stockholm blir. Med inriktning på implementeringen av nya digitala verktyg inom stadsplanering intervjuas tre aktörer med olika ingångsvinkel till ämnet. Genom denna kartläggning förväntas centrala faktorer och ytterligare viktiga aktörer framträda. Analysen av dessa ämnar leda fram till huruvida riktningen för Stockholm kan anses centreras kring stadens inånare eller kring tekniken, två tydliga läger i debatten kring den smarta staden. Resultatet pekar mot att Stockholm tar en invånarcentrerad riktning i kommunens strävan efter att uppå sitt mål att bli världens smartaste stad. Detta resultat behöver dock nyanseras där argument som stödjer den andra riktningen också är närvarande i studien. I vidare studier bör samtliga identifierade aktörer intervjuas, i ett försök att nyansera bilden av det splittrade begreppet smart stad. / Using the ambiguous definition of the concept smart city, this thesis aims to synthesize the direction Stockholm follows in Stockholm Municipality’s goal of becoming the smartest city in the world. Three actors with different backgrounds within the digitalization of urban planning are interviewed in the search of understanding how a city becomes smart rather than considering how smart a city is. This is achieved by finding material factors as well as key actors in the development of the smart city. Based on an analysis of the identified factors and actors, together with differentiating views of the concept smart city, the thesis proposes insight of whether Stockholm is considered as either citizen or technologically oriented. Understanding the local and social context of the smart city, we find that Stockholm displays a citizen-oriented perspective. However, arguments supporting the contrary view of the smart city concept are also present in the study, thus showcasing the complexity of the question in mind. Further studies should consider interviewing every identified actor in an attempt to piece out and elaborate the image of the ambiguously defined smart city.