Essays about: "right to adequate housing"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words right to adequate housing.
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1. Accessing Housing : How the political-economy of Sweden’s Housing Market impacts the accessibility for marginalized groups in Malmö
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Under urban neoliberal policies, housing has become a vehicle for wealth accumulation, detached from its social function, leading to a shortage of adequate and affordable housing. The lack of adequate housing is perceived as an issue of availability. READ MORE
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2. Exploring the Intersectional Dimensions of Urban Green Spaces : A Study in the Holma Neighborhood of Malmo, Sweden
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : This thesis serves as an introductory phase to a research project that aims to explore the intersectional dimensions of urban green spaces in the Holma neighborhood of Malmo, Sweden. By adopting a multi-faceted approach, the study delves into various interconnected themes, including intersectionality, spatial justice, neoliberal planning, the right to the city, green spaces, sensory ethnography, and the potential of community mapping. READ MORE
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3. Socially Just Provision of Housing? : A comparative case study on notions of social justice and the interpretation of the right to adequate housing for all in the municipal housing provision in Stockholm and Berlin.
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : This study explores how notions of social justice are reflected in municipal rhetorics on housing provision in Berlin and Stockholm, as well as how they resonate with ensuring the right to adequate housing for all. The study also examines how the interpretation of the justice perspective within housing provision differs among the two cities and how such variances can be understood in relation to the cities’ pursued housing regimes. READ MORE
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4. Beyond a Roof and Walls: Gaps and Challenges in Providing Adequate Housing for Refugees in Malmö
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This study attempts to analyse urban housing issues and their effects on providing adequate housing for refugees, using Malmö as a case study. The content analysis adopted here uses a combination of semi-structured interviews with relevant government officers, and reports published by government agencies and international institutions as sources of information. READ MORE
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5. Gender inequalities in local policies tackling the right to adequate housing : The example of Barcelona through Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ approach
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : The right to adequate housing is an unaccomplished human right, and unequal power relations between men and women are also perpetuated when trying to access decent housing even in the most prosperous global cities such as Barcelona. The aim of this research study has been to show how housing is represented and produced by the Barcelona City Council and which are the gendering effects and implications thereof. READ MORE
