Essays about: "Cape Town"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 93 essays containing the words Cape Town.

  1. 21. Day Zero: Communicating the water crisis in Cape Town, 2015-2018 : A qualitative study about the communication during the water crisis and how the public responded to the messages

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för miljö- och livsvetenskaper (from 2013)

    Author : Fredrik Karlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Water; water crisis; communication; South Africa; Day Zero; water use; Vatten; vattenkris; kommunikation; Sydafrika; Day Zero; vattenanvändning;

    Abstract : Stigande urbanisering och större befolkningar har ökat trycket på städer och deras förmågor att förse alla med de vardagstjänster som städerna vanligtvis har kapacitet att erbjuda. Att förse alla med dricksvatten är något som har blivit en utmaning då vattenanvändningen har stigit samtidigt som vattentillgången varierar beroende på nederbörd, och potentiellt minskat på grund av klimatförändringarna. READ MORE

  3. 22. #SAShutDown & #AmINext

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sara Morshedi; [2020]
    Keywords : #genderbasedviolence #southafrica; #genderbasedviolence #southafrica;

    Abstract : The South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said it best “a war is being waged against women and children in South Africa.” (Timeslive, 2019a). After the horrific murder of 19 year old Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana in August 2019 a hashtag revolution was born. READ MORE

  4. 23. An Urgent Crisis of Chronic Neglect: Lessons on Water Justice and Wellbeing in the Time of COVID-19

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kristina Humphreys; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainable development; water justice; urban resilience; wellbeing; COVID-19; planetary health;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 crisis represents a major disruption to societies across the planet, magnifying existing threats to social-ecological resilience. Illustrating these threats are links between inadequate water and sanitation services, climate stressors, and the challenge of coping with a global pandemic. READ MORE

  5. 24. A neighborhood in change

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Emilia Lundqvist; Matilda Pettersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Gentrification; Displacement; Defensible space; Community; Urban development;

    Abstract : When neighborhoods and cities fall in decline, cities and investors see an opportunity to turn the declining sites into profitable new projects, this happens all over the world in different renewal projects, or under the term gentrification. The outcome of gentrification can be considered to be both positive and negative, and the term is widely discussed in today's media. READ MORE

  6. 25. SILO

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Kristina Henriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This project focuses on how a household in Malmö can manage a crisis situation with no electricity, water, heat and communication for 72 hours. This is due to the recommendation that we can take care of ourselves for 3 days in case of a crisis. READ MORE