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At the Department of Urban and Rural Development we teach and carry out research in the fields of landscape architecture, environmental impact assessment, environmental communication, rural development and agroecology.

The Swedish EIA Centre and the Swedish Center for Nature Interpretation are also parts of our department. We are united by our interest in the relationship between man and environment, and the sustainable use of natural resources.

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Picture: Dongfanghong Town, China. Photo: Mi Zhou, 2011.

Has Farmers’ Livelihood Improved? Case Studies of the Impacts of Compulsory Land Acquisition on Farmers’ Livelihood in China, Master of Science Thesis in Rural Development and Environmental Resource Management by Mi Zhou.
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2012-03-26 - Feelings and Fellings. Exploring the Process of Communication in Forest Management Conflicts
Ny doctoral thesis in Environmental Communication, by Elin Ångman, Division of Environmental Communication.

2012-02-02 - Land acquisition for urban expansion. Process and Impacts on Livelihoods of Peri Urban Households, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Licentitate Thesis in Landscape Planning, by Daniel Elwida Msangi. Vol. 2/2011 in the series Reports - Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU.

2011-12-07 - Time to apply for the international Master´s Programmes
Download the folder for the Master´s Programme in Environmental Communication and Management » Read more about the Master´s Programme in Rural Development and Natural Resource Management » ...

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Published degree projects at the department

2012-05-14 - Plats för dans

2012-05-03 - Utsikt från höghastighetståg

2012-04-10 - Det offentliga rummet

2012-03-27 - Livelihood and transition to certified cacao production in the Peruvian Amazonas

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2012-06-11 - ICON-LA Green infrastructure: from global to local

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