Essays about: "Slum redevelopment"

Found 3 essays containing the words Slum redevelopment.

1. 1. Slum+City - Re-connecting Mumbai through street-led slum redevelopment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Jonna Ekholm; [2016]
   Keywords : Slum redevelopment; Dharavi; Mumbai; community led redevelopment; urban strategy; urban design; India; informality; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Slums are not sustainable, not healthy nor worthy places to live. But forcing the poor people out of the cities is equally unsustainable. In cities all over the world - in slums, favelas and shanty towns – the poor has started solving their housing problems in self built neighborhoods. READ MORE

3. 2. Gendered spaces : a socio-spatial study in the informal settlement Dharavi in Mumbai

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

   Author : Helena Ohlsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Slum; informal settlements; urban planning; use of space; gender; urban form; hierarchy of spaces; gender-sensitive urban design; India; Dharavi.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relation between built form and sociocultural relationships with Dharavi in Mumbai as a case. The study explores gender segregation and the relation between use of space and urban form and in what way the built structure and its functions influence the everyday life. READ MORE

4. 3. Informal Housing Marketsand Redvelopment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI); Lunds universitet/Byggproduktion

   Author : Frida Granbom; Emeli Ljunghusen; [2011]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : World-wide, the population is increasing rapidly and so is the number of people residing informally. Hence the development of slums is increasingly becoming a rising problem. Consequently, the need to acknowledge the issue and to find sufficient solutions has enlarged. READ MORE