ABSTRACT Following decades of rapid urbanization in Africa, national governments are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by challenges posed by cities. Urban policy interventions over the years have usually excluded issues ...

The aim of this thesis is to understand the socio-cultural impacts backpackers, as ‘alternative tourists’, have on the destinations they visit. Through a case study analysis, I examine the relationship between the hosts ...

Can high levels of poverty be a competitive advantage for a country in the world economy? Or, put differently, can low labour costs provide a sustainable basis for a small country’s export strategy? In this study poverty ...

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Discourse analysis based on the archaeological method developed by Michel Foucault shows that International governmental organisations (UNEP and EEA) and national governments (Norway) are relying on two discursive systems ...