Essays about: "Buenos Aires"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words Buenos Aires.

  1. 16. Civil participation in slum development projects : a case study of the civil participation in project Viva Lago Soldati, in Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Laura Kristine Marianne Grace Bergman; [2016]
    Keywords : slum; participation; civil participation; slum development; villa; villa miseria; Lago Soldati; MFS; medborgardeltagande; medborgardialog;

    Abstract : Both the United Nations and the World Bank consider participatory slum improvement to be the current best practice for dealing with slum challenges. 10% of the population in Buenos Aires live in slum areas. Many of the residents work informally and are therefore unable to get the documents needed to get a house contract outside the Slums. READ MORE

  3. 17. Challenges in Solid Waste Management in Buenos Aires : From a Sustainable Development Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Anna Nilsson; [2016]
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    Abstract : The waste treatment in urban areas in low and middleincomecountries with growingeconomies and populations is an emerging problem. The increasing consumption along withgrowing environmental issues requests well functioning waste systems and highresponsibility. READ MORE

  4. 18. Growing green values : Mapping ecosystem services on urban agricultural sites in Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Kajsa Ignell; Åsa Bugge Marin; [2016]
    Keywords : urban agriculture; Buenos Aires; Argentina; mapping ecosystem services; food security; social inclusion;

    Abstract : Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, face some of the same problems as all megacities across the world. Increased land-use and a higher amount of built areas in and around the city of Buenos Aires leads to losses in ecosystem services. READ MORE

  5. 19. Assessment of a Recycling System : The City of Buenos Aires

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Josefina Sonnhammer; [2016]
    Keywords : waste; recycling; sustainability; Buenos Aires.;

    Abstract : Recycling is an increasingly important part of waste management, as a measure to reduce the issues connected to the growing amount of waste in the world. An official recycling scheme has recently been implemented in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina as a way to reduce the amount of waste that is being landfilled. READ MORE

  6. 20. Mapping in/e/qualitites : explorations of (in)formality along waterscapes of Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Malin Söderström; [2015]
    Keywords : mapping; equality; informal settlements; landscape representation; site-specific design; deviant transect; site transformation; urban constructions;

    Abstract : The pace of which urban populations are growing put a lot of pressure on the urban sector to provide housing and serviced land. Today around 50 % of the world’s population live in cities, and according to United Nations Population Divisions latest report from 2014, the world will see continued global population growth. READ MORE