Essays about: "gesellschaft"

Showing result 11 - 12 of 12 essays containing the word gesellschaft.

1. 11. Insurance Culture in China under the Conditions of Transformation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Yuanxiong Tang; [2005]
   Keywords : Kina; försäkring; värderingar; insurance; risks; attitudes; behavior; values; transformation; Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : During the process of transformation from Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft, as a product of market economy, China's insurance industry has achieved great accomplishments since its reestablishment in 1980. However, it still encounters the problem of the low acceptance rate among Chinese people. READ MORE

3. 12. Participatory Urban Upgrading : The Case of Ezbet Bekhit, Cairo, Egypt

   University essay from KTH/Infrastruktur

   Author : Zeinab Noureddine Tag-Eldeen; [2003]
   Keywords : Informal settlement; Low-income Housing; Urban Upgrading; Community Participation; Project Evaluation; Participatory Program Evaluation; Action Planning; German-Egyptian Cooperation; Egypt; Cairo;

   Abstract : As a mega-city and the most populated city in Africa, Cairo is characterised by a high birth rate, escalating rural-urban migration and where the socio-economic services are centralized and overwhelmed, these generally poor migrants have no choice other than to create and develop their own informal shelter in the outer city areas that lay farthest from the reach of the authorities and from where they then search for better job opportunities. The expansion of these slum areas places an extra burden on the already deteriorated natural and unplanned urban environments. READ MORE