Essays about: "Dharavi"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word Dharavi.

1. 1. Slum+City - Re-connecting Mumbai through street-led slum redevelopment

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

   Author : Jonna Ekholm; [2016]
   Keywords : Slum redevelopment; Dharavi; Mumbai; community led redevelopment; urban strategy; urban design; India; informality; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Slums are not sustainable, not healthy nor worthy places to live. But forcing the poor people out of the cities is equally unsustainable. In cities all over the world - in slums, favelas and shanty towns – the poor has started solving their housing problems in self built neighborhoods. READ MORE

3. 2. Children and Youths in Dharavi ́s rise to Empowerment : - from a NGO perspective

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

   Author : Sandra Svensson; [2014]
   Keywords : Social work; slum; children; youths; Dharavi; non-governmental organizations; NGO; empowerment; social development; India; Mumbai;

   Abstract : This dissertation view a sample of projects conducted by two different non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Dharavi, a slum-area in Mumbai, India, and examines how they con-tribute to children and youth ́s social development and empowerment. Due to the large global population of children and youths, as well as that a large percentage of the world ́s inhabitants reside in slum-areas, it is considered of importance to gain information regarding the social work that isbeing conducted with the focus. READ MORE

4. 3. Negotiations : It is neither mine nor yours, it is both mine and yours.

   University essay from Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Edvin From; [2013]
   Keywords : public; space; Mumbai; Dharavi;

   Abstract : It is neither mine nor yours, it is both mine and yours. This project is about how a public space is maintained and the intriguing relationship between the contrasts of a private and a public space; the home and a market hall.  .. READ MORE

5. 4. Dharavi : Space, time, human condition towards a theory on unplanned settlements

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

   Author : Charlotta Eriksson; [2013]
   Keywords : Unplanned settlement; Dharavi; Human condition; paticipatory planning;

   Abstract : Dharavi, one of the largest unplanned settlements in the world, inhabit over 700 000 people. The illegal settlements dating back to the 18th century are now under threat to be torn down in order to develop highly modern office and apartment spaces. READ MORE

6. 5. The Daugther in Law : Integration and Identity with in the Indian families

   University essay from Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Anna Lagercrantz; [2013]
   Keywords : Mumbai Dharavi Daughter-in-Law Empowerment of women school of home science domestic science; Mumbai Bombay Dharavi Svärdotter Självbestämande husmorsskola skola hemkunskap;

   Abstract : The project was about empowering young women in Dharavi. The building is a school of Home science. .. READ MORE