Essays about: "Korogocho"

Found 4 essays containing the word Korogocho.

  1. 1. Digital Storytelling as A Method for Public Participation in Planning for Climate Adaptiaion : A Case Study of Future Yetu in Korogocho, Nairobi

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Elin Elfström; [2021]
    Keywords : participatory planning; environmental sustainability; public engagement; mutual understanding; climate change;

    Abstract : Climate change is an ongoing problem, and climate adaptation is high on the agenda. Climate adaptation is a global issue with local impacts, and it benefits from participatory planning. Participatory planning has lots of opportunities, but also some challenges, for example, that it requires time and resources. READ MORE

  3. 2. Women's Voices

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Anna Larsson; Sofia Enqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Architecture Informal Settlement Kenya Equality  Public Space Streetscape;

    Abstract : In the rural village Umoja one can witness a reaction to the unequal society; the women opposed the deep-rooted cultural habits and created their own dream space, a place designed through the eyes of a woman. A village ruled by women, built up by their needs. READ MORE

  4. 3. Seasonal variations in under-five mortality, stratified by neonatal, post-neonatal and child mortality, in Korogocho and Viwandani urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya : a time-series analysis on secondary data from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Marianna Moberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Seasonality; seasonal index; under-five; neonatal; post-neonatal; mortality; slums; Nairobi; NUHDSS; Korogocho; Viwandani;

    Abstract : Abstract Background  Globally, the amount of people living in urban poor settings is increasing rapidly. In order to effectively direct resources and achieve equity in health, an understanding of how contextual factors are affecting mortality in marginalised groups is first needed. READ MORE

  5. 4. Streetscapes: behind the scenes : perspectives of streets as place in a slum setting, and how local concepts of place are affected by political and global development interests

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Marlene Thelandersson; Maria Höök; Pia Jonsson; Emma Skottke; [2012]
    Keywords : Streets; place; public space; life-world; system-world; planning processes; informality; slum upgrading; urbanization; spatial representation; Nairobi; Korogocho; Kenya; UN-Habitat;

    Abstract : Planning processes are often disconnected from the experienced place on the ground. Ideologies of space, developing agendas, time constraints and budgets serve to limit the understanding of the lived world of those dwelling in an area and stand at risk to reduce it to the abstract space of maps. READ MORE