Målet med detta arbete är att undersöka vad begreppet ekosystemtjänster kan innebära i den urbana utemiljön och hur ett ekosystemtjänstperspektiv kan användas för att beskriva och gestalta grönytor i staden. Bakgrunden är det växande intresset för hållbar stadsplanering och hur landskapsarkitektur kan bidra till detta. Frågeställningarna som har varit utgångspunkt för arbetet är: ? Vad innebär begreppet ekosystemtjänster i mindre, urbana sammanhang? ? Vilken roll skulle ett ekosystemtjänstperspektiv kunna ha vid gestaltning av utemiljöer i mindre skala? Arbetets metoder består av studier av litteratur, studiebesök i Malmö, Lund och Helsingborg samt av ett gestaltningsförslag för en bostadsgård i området Rådhusrätten i Lund. Begreppet ekosystemtjänster fick sitt genomslag med Millennium Ecosystem Assessments rapporter i början av 2000-talet och betyder de tjänster och fördelar som människor får från naturen. Det inkluderar exempelvis odling av mat, rening av vatten och luft, rekreation, hälsa och symboliska värden.

In recent years, the internet has exploded of images. Not at least in the popular photo-sharing network Instagram as one of the fastest growing social network for the moment. Millions of people around the world share pictures and expose themself for friends and family. We were therefore interested in which experiences and attitudes users have towards their identities in relation to their self-image and self-presentation on Instagram. Furthermore, whether they in general have a primary interest in using Instagram as a tool to experiment with images to present their identity on Instagram, in which way they approach their Instagram follower?s expectations on how they present themselves on Instagram and if they are aware of any strategies in their self-presentation on Instagram.The result of this study is the fact that our respondents thinks that they do not intend to have a primary interest in experimenting with images on Instagram to present their identitiy, it is rather something that comes naturally in how they present themselves on Instagram.

This study has a qualitative approach and deals with difficult issues that arise in connection to male violence against women in close relations. The purpose of this study is to bring clarity to why women stay in violent relationships. I have been studying two leading theories, one called the Normalization Process of Violence represented by Eva Lundgren (sociology and theology). The other leading theory is the Neutralization of Violence represented by Margareta Hydén (fil dr and leg psycho therapeut).I have also studied the fight between these two theories for the leading position in the research on male violence against women. Eva Lundgren presents her theory through a structural perspective.

The purpose of this paper was to study how the death is described in some books for children and how the books may affect the readers. I chose five books where the leading character was a child who lost a close relative like a parent or a sibling. I asked the book questions like you would do at an interwiew.The main questions were:· What do the children think about the death?· How does the child react when it finds out that a parent or a sibling is dead?· What does the child think about seeing the dead person and how does it react at the funeral?· From what or whom do they find the strength to move on?· What support does the child have from people in the surroundings?· How may the books affect the readers?The results showed that the books give you an image close to the reality. The children had different ways to mourn.

From an Evolutionary psychology point of view focusing on Attachment theory will this essay describe how adopted adults think about their roots. To find an answer to this purpose a several miner questions has been asked: Are their any earlier research according to Evolutionary psychology about internationally adopted? Is it possible to understand the creation of the identity in relation to the Attachment theory? In what way do the adoptees think that their youth has effected their situation of life? And finally, is there any specific time when the adoptees have had even more thoughts about their roots?We have tried to find the answer on these questions through a qualitative study. Questions have been asked to eight internationally adopted adults, in age between 24-33 years.The result from the study makes it even that adopted individuals thoughts about their roots get incensed in some specific periods in life. One period is adolescence, another is parenthood.

Inom stadsdelsområdet Vantör finns ett nätverk med bilfria gångstråk som i många fall är inramade med park- eller naturmark. De nytillkomna stadsdelarna i Sverige byggda på 50 - och 60 ? talet karakteriseras också mycket av osammanhängande och utplacerade bostadsenklaver i ursprunglig bevarad natur. Dock har det offentliga vardagsrummet som tidsperiodens utemiljö planerades till att vara inte uppnåtts, och många av gångstråken inom Vantörs stadsdelar används inte i en större utsträckning. För att ta till vara stadsbygdens möjligheter med värden i den befintliga utemiljön och tillhandahålla trivsamma omgivningar för områdets boende, är det av intresse att uppmärksamma gångstråkens kvaliteter. Men även bristerna jämte mot brukarna av gångstråken är viktiga att förstå för samma orsak, och för att inte gångstråken på sikt ska utsättas för exploatering.

I have studied the Swedish artist formation ?1947 års män? with a sociological perspective based on the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu. I initially made a study of the group as a whole, and after that I chose to focus on the sculptors Liss Eriksson, Arne Jones and Knut-Erik Lindberg. I have examined why some of the artists in the formation became more successful than others. My results show that the ones who were versed in culture or came from an economically or intellectually stronger background also were considered to be the most pioneering artists.

The purpose of this essay is to identify how the drug user is portrayed in motion pictures. My main questions are: How is the drug use described? How is the male and female drug user depicted? How may the movies contribute to the construction, reproduction and change of gender? The method I use in my research is a qualitative, selective discourse- analysis of a number of movies prominently portraying drug use. A gender perspective is also applied on this paper.The main result of the study is that I have found that the great majority of the analyzed films portray drug use as means for something else. Drug use is often portrayed in the beginning as heavenly but changes to be depicted as problematic.

Detta kandidatarbete behandlar rumsbegreppet och dess komplexa uppbyggnad, bestående av både den fysiska och sociala dimensionen. Tidigare forskning visar att det råder en mångtydig uppfattning om vad som definierar ett rum. Det innebär att det offentliga rummet behöver defineras för varje sammanhang det förekommer i för att det ska kunna förstås. Det offentliga rummet har historiskt sett alltid haft en betydelsefull roll i samhället. Det har utgjort en arena för politik, handel och vardagliga händelser, och verkat som en central mötesplats i staden.

The purpose of this essay was to look at how the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and the Social Service work with children who have parents in prison and what they can do to ease the contact between the children and their parents. In our study we have used different questions regarding parent role, gender, child perspective, contact possibilities and collaboration. We have interviewed six prison officers and five social workers in Skåne. We have also used previously written reports. Our conclusions are that the parent role is affected by imprisonment and more amongst the women than the men.

I uppsatsen har fallstudier gjorts för att undersöka hur stadsodling kan fungera som appropriation av stadsrum, på vilket sätt den kommunala organisationen påverkar stadsodlingens förutsättningar liksom om stadsodling kan bli en del av planeringen. Stadsodling har mer eller mindre varit närvarande i svenska städer sedan medeltiden. Syftet och uttrycket har dock kommit att variera över tiden. Stadsodlingsformen som uppsatsen undersökt handlar om kollektiva odlingar i dagens stadskärnor eller i dess periferi. För att undersöka detta har fyra fallstudier i Sverige gjorts, två i Lund, en i Malmö och Umeå.

The aim of this study is to combine queer theories with quantitative methods. In social sciences, queer theories are being widely and increasingly used. Quantitative method is also widely used, and as a traditional method it can be regarded as a cornerstone in social sciences, sociology in particular. However, the two perspectives, queer theories and quantitative method, seem at a first glance to be very different in their understanding of social phenomena. Queer theories have, with some exceptions, mainly focused on qualitative research concerning such phenomena as sexuality, while the field of science is quite diverse.

How can former military area I5 in Östersund, Sweden, evolve into Stadsdel Norr ("The Northern Quarter") ? an attractive part of the town center? In a theoretical part of the essay the significants of well functioning towns and streets are investigated. The history of Östersund and I5 is shortly reviewed. Present recommendations concerning city design are presented along with guidelines from Vägverket (National Road Administration) for urban streets. The conclusion reached is that a fundamental structure of streets and roads, public and private spaces, is crucial for the possible future development of an area.

With emphasis on women's magazines and men, this essay will revolve around the image of the ideal woman. Our purpose was to examine whether men have a distinct image regarding the appearance and behaviour of the ideal woman. Next step was to establish whether the women's magazines also presented a specific image to their readers.The answers were found through a qualitative study that included ten men, and through an extensive analysis by women's magazines. The result indicated that both the men questioned and the women's magazines presented a clear view of an ideal woman. The views held by the men, were then compared to the images presented by the women's magazines and were found to be very similar.We used Erving Goffmans sociological theory to describe the actual woman and the ideal images of women that the men questioned and the women's magazines presented.