Essays about: "socio‐economic segregation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words socio‐economic segregation.

1. 1. Safety in Urban Spaces using Urban Planning: a Comparative Study in Bogotá, Colombia

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

   Author : Sara Sandefeldt; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban planning; Bogotá; Colombia; safety; urban design; urban spaces; women; gender; fear Stadsplanering; trygghet; publika rum; kvinnor; kön; rädsla; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Many cities around the world are facing the same challenges when it comes to the ability for women to move around and feel safe in public spaces. For women, using public spaces entails fear of sexual violence and of being attacked, which forces them to always be vigilant and reduces their quality of life. READ MORE

3. 2. Educational superintendents' perspectives of a national networking project on school segregation in Sweden : Lessons to be learned?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

   Author : Daniel Nilsson Brodén; [2023]
   Keywords : Superintendent; school superintendent; school segregation; educational leadership; educational equity; professional development; governance; networks;

   Abstract : World-wide, countries struggle with providing equitable education to all children, where the socioeconomic (SES) background of the students does not affect their educational attainment and achievement. School segregation has been shown in previous research to exacerbate the influence of family background on educational achievement and attainment. READ MORE

4. 3. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Emmi Zittel; [2023]
   Keywords : social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. READ MORE

5. 4. Achieving Social and Spatial Integration in Skäggetorp Through Densification

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Johan Lodens; [2023]
   Keywords : densification; Million Programme area; segregation; Skäggetorp; social inclusion;

   Abstract : This thesis examines if and how densification as a spatial planning tool can be used in order to improve the social sustainability and the inclusivity and to achieve a spatially integrated built environment in the city district Skäggetorp in Linköping. Skäggetorp is spatially and in particular socially segregated from the rest of Linköping, and the residents in Skäggetorp in general have a low socioeconomic background. READ MORE

6. 5. CHALLENGES FOR INTEGRATION INTO THE SWEDISH EDUCATION SYSTEM : experiences of war-displaced adult immigrant students

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Socialt arbete

   Author : Rami Khayat; [2022]
   Keywords : adult immigrant students; integration; challenges; empowerment;

   Abstract : The aim of the research is to study the integration process of war-displaced adult immigrant students in the Swedish education system, regarding to war-displaced adult immigrant students' points of view to integrate to the Swedish education system and the challenges that war-displaced adult immigrant students faced to achieve the desire of integration. To implement this research study, the researcher used a qualitative research interview method through open-ended interviews with war-displaced adult immigrant students and previous literature research. READ MORE