In these days of globalization, with a higher level of openness and interaction over geographical, cultural and economical borders, the importance of the company?s intangible asset, its brand, is gaining importance as a differentiating factor. Building a strong brand and the emphasis on strategic brand management is something that before was given less attention in firms but today we can see a general increase in awareness and relative emphasis in the strategic work of companies.Countries as brands: Is it possible to consider a nation or a country as a brand the same way you consider a product? Well, looking in to the subject it seems to be a rather complex matter and there are many questions to be asked and answer. Nations around the globe are indeed marketing and positioning themselves for several purposes.

In Scandinavia today many old harbour areas are developed into residential and commercial areas. For example are both Helsingborg city and Malmoe city in south Sweden planning to restructure some of their harbour areas to accommodate shops, schools, offices, residences et cetera. In Copenhagen in Denmark new plans for Nordhavn is also underway. In almost every plan proposal to redevelope an old harbour area the harbour activities are set a side to give room for new development. In Reykjavik, however, this has not been the case.

Arbetet inleds med en teoretisk del som behandlar begreppet attraktivitet och fysisk forms betydelse för denna. Först görs några allmänna reflektioner om attraktivitet samt en genomgång av olika aspekter av attraktivitet. Därefter görs en kunskapsöversikt med kopplingar mellan olika teorier om den fysiska miljöns betydelse för attraktiviteten samt vad denna attraktivitet består i. Avslutningsvis dras några allmänna slutsatser. Därefter tillämpas på Söder det som framkommit i den generella kunskapsöversikten.

This thesis constitutes a long term (100 year) ecological landscape management plan for the estate Götebo 1:5. The estate is situated close to Gothenburg and is owned by Skogssällskapet. The planning has been made by dividing the estate into different areas (zones). In each zone one of the goals nature conservation, recreation or economical yield has been prioritized. Nature conservation is one of the main goals for the forest management plan.

Studien syftar till att söka samband mellan gestaltning av den fysiska miljön och upplevd trygghet runt ett förortscentrum, samt undersöka hur dessa förhållanden behandlas i en centrumomvandling. Detta gjordes utifrån en fallstudie över Mörby centrum. Genom observationer, intervjuer och frågeformulär samlades data in, som sedan ställdes mot beprövade teorier av såväl forskare som myndigheter och författare. Dessa användes sedan för att granska den nya detaljplanen över området ur ett trygghetsperspektiv. Studien visade att sambanden mellan upplevd trygghet och gestaltning av den fysiska miljön är många och starka. Den nya planen över Mörby centrum ger utifrån analysen goda förutsättningar att öka den upplevda tryggheten, då den behandlar många av de samband som hittades. Det uppdagades dock att nya otrygga områden kan utvecklas runt centrumet, men att dessa inte kan påvisas med visshet innan planen är genomförd..

The purpose of this thesis has been to gather knowledge about the complaints of tying-up in horses and to show that the importance of feeding. The thesis includes a literature review of tying-up how preventative measures by feeding can be made. In the equine sport, crosscountry, horses occasionally suffers from tying-up, a muscle disease. An increased knowledge about the disease is demanded by riders and trainers as the disease disrupts training and competition of suffered horses. A cross-country horse works very hard in training and during competitions but the work bouts are long enough for the muscle cells to use aerobic pathways in the metabolism.

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SUMMARYInventory of raw materials holds an important role in companies within the manufacturingsector. The inventory works as a buffer that secure the supply of materials to the productionunit. The aim of the inventory is to ensure that the company is able to meet the customers?demands despite fluctuations and variations in the material flow. The size of the warehouseand the layout are physical limitations for the quantity of articles that can be stored.

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Baron Carl Adam von Nolcken was born in 1811. In 1834 he took over Jordberga Estate in the South of Skåne from his father. The estate remained in his possession until his death in 1857. von Nolcken was interested in agriculture and horticulture from an early age and attended the newly started Institute of Agriculture, Degeberg in Västergötland in the early 1830:s. At Degeberg, von Nolcken learnt all about modern farming methods, which he put into practice on his own estate. von Nolcken was one of the persons who during the mid 19th century worked intensely to develop horticulture and the art of gardening in Skåne.

The aim with this report is to investigate what influence the way playgrounds are used throw the case study in Vänersborg, and also to find methods for municipalities to collect information about how playgrounds are used. The methods were observations, interviews with parents and children, a questionary with questions about what playgrounds they used, how often and why they used them and what the children used to do there. There was also a demographic investigation and documentary research. The most popular playground, Skräcklan, gets visitors from all parts of the municipality. It is located in a park with a view over the lake Vänern, there is a parking place and a café and it has furthermore a large area and many play equipments. Many of the families make shorter trips and picnics to this place. In exception of this playground, the families almost always go to the playground in their neighborhood and their part of the town.

When the local authorities establish a plan for land use planning, they have to judge if the influence on the environment could be of such a grade that they have to make a special Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), following national laws and EU-directives. The laws for the process in Sweden is set by the Swedish Parliament, with advisory given by the central government authority, the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, Boverket. For EU, the laws is set by the European Parliament and the Council. The laws and directions for this process have been changed for Sweden in recent years, and the aim of this study was to compare the contents of three different Environmental Impact Assess¬ments to see if there has been any change in appearances and content in later years, as well as to see if different municipalities and authors have effect on the EIAs. According to different studies some of the EIA done are without insufficient focus on main environmental issues in the EIA, or even that some information is missing.

This master thesis explores the nature of public participation as a central and most current subject in the field of urban planning. A first impression exposes a seemingly unanalyzed consensus on the values and benefits which public participation provides the process of urban planning. The city may be a concern to all its inhabitants; hence knowledge and opinions of the local public are of great importance for the urban development. But is there really something new to these assumptions, and are the advantages of increased public participation in urban planning always obvious?  By using action research as a main method, I have put myself into the context of the Swedish municipality of Nacka and their projects dealing with the development of public participation.

Trots den centrala lokaliseringen och det vackra läget vid vattnet upplevs Tullhamnen som en av Kalmar centrums baksidor. Tullhamnen kännetecknas idag av stora asfaltytor som upplåts för bilparkering och trafikstråk. All vattenkontakt i området avsätts idag för bilens ändamål - för parkering och vägar. Uppsatsen undersöker hur Tullhamnens möjligheter kan tas tillvara och utvecklas utifrån sina planeringsförutsättningar. Arbetet kretsar kring tre identitetsbärande grundförutsättningar; * Den centrumnära lokaliseringen. * Den närvarande kulturhistorien genom riksintresset för kulturmiljö som omfattar hela centrala Kalmar.

De globala klimatförändringarna som sker i dag måste tas hänsyn till inom alla aspekter av vårt samhälle. Det är få som inte har hört att medeltemperaturen blir högre, att havsnivåerna stiger och att stormarna blir värre och orsakar mer skada än tidigare. I den fysiska planeringen går det att göra mycket för att guida de globala klimatförändringarnas utveckling i rätt riktning, en riktning som gör att samhället förändras efter de nya förutsättningarna och samtidigt stävjar den snabba utvecklingen de globala klimatförändringarna har i dag. Syftet med detta examensarbete har varit att undersöka vad som kan göras inom den fysiska planeringen för att åstadkomma just detta. Vidare har syftet varit att göra ett idéförslag på Hattholmen i Karlskrona som samlar konkreta lösningar för vad som kan göras på lokal nivå när det gäller de globala klimatförändringarna. Metoderna i detta arbete är kvalitativ innehållsanalys och tillämpningsstudie som används för att besvara frågeställningarna och på sätt belysa arbetes syfte.