Essays about: "rural housing problems"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 42 essays containing the words rural housing problems.

  1. 11. A Prefeasibility Analysis of a PV Mini Grid with Ice Plant on Buvu Island in Lake Victoria

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Jonathan Daglish; [2019]
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    Abstract : Improving energy access through the provision of sustainable electrification is fundamental to reducing poverty and facilitating development in many areas of rural Sub Saharan Africa. The region currently suffers from severe energy inequality, with 81% of people relying on traditional forms of biomass for direct energy provision. READ MORE

  3. 12. Life in Vila Laboriaux : a social and physical analysis shaped into guidelines for a Rio de Janeiro favela landscape development

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Chiro Eliassi Sarzeli; Hannah Rodin Borne; [2019]
    Keywords : Rio de Janeiro; Rocinha; Vila Laboriaux; favela; landslides; housing removal; gentrification; civil dialogue;

    Abstract : The urbanization is a rapid movement that has been continuously increasing for the last one hundred years in several places around the world. In Brazil, poverty and urban migration have led to informal settlements, also known as favelas, in cities such as Rio de Janeiro. READ MORE

  4. 13. Wicked Problems and Educative Spaces for Urban Sustainability Transition: The Case Study of Housing Roar in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lilly Maria Stefansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Learning; Wicked Problems; Transition; Urban Sustainability;

    Abstract : For the first time in history, the global urban population now exceeds the global rural population, meaning that more than 50 % of the world’s population now live in cities. Much attention has been paid to the discourse of sustainable development during the last decades, however, many environmental and social scientists point to an increasing problematic realted to climate change. READ MORE

  5. 14. „The Cost of Densification“ : Densification Processes and its Socio-spatial Effects in Santiago de Chile

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Patrizia Kopp; [2018]
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    Abstract : As the title already says the thesis will examine the densification processes and its socio-spatial effects in Santiago de Chile. This thesis has been written in cooperation with a research internship at the Universidad Católica in Santiago at the institute of urban and regional studies. READ MORE

  6. 15. Förtätning av villaområden : ett gestaltningsförslag för förtätning längs Norbyvägen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ella Fröling; [2018]
    Keywords : förtätning; villaområde; social hållbarhet; segregation; bostadsbrist; Norby; Uppsala;

    Abstract : Två problem i de större städerna i Sverige idag är boendesegregation och bostadsbrist. Människor med olika socioekonomisk bakgrund bor åtskilda från varandra vilket medför problem som fördomar och minskad tolerans. Det skapar även orättvisa eftersom alla inte får samma förutsättningar och tillgångar i stadsrummet. READ MORE