Essays about: "Housing problems in the world"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words Housing problems in the world.

  1. 1. ‘In a Way, We Live in a Bubble, and the Outside World is Watching Us.’ : - A Qualitative Case Study on Young Adults’ Views on Communication and (Social) Investment Processes in the Area of Rosengård.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Jessica Stegermaier; [2023]
    Keywords : Rosengård; development; social change; media; migration; identity; communication; segregation;

    Abstract : The residential area of Rosengård in Malmö – Sweden, is one of the many areas included in the ‘million programme’, a program that in the 1960s focused on building a million new homes over ten years in Sweden, meant to provide cheap housing options for the rapidly growing population. Today, areas like Rosengård and the program are often associated with immigrant-dense segregated residential areas with high crime and socio-economic problems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring learning processes and social capital in community urban agriculture projects in Bogotá, Colombia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Lily Begg; [2023]
    Keywords : urban and peri-urban agriculture UPA ; social capital; social learning; knowledge transfer; capacity-building; agroecology; community UPA; Bogotá; huerta;

    Abstract : As the world’s population becomes increasingly urban, the social, economic and environmental living conditions of city-dwellers are under pressure. High levels of pollution, lack of transport links, informal housing, unemployment rates and increasing inequalities are just some of the challenges that rapidly urbanising cities face. READ MORE

  4. 3. Shrinkage amid Growth

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : QI WANG; [2021]
    Keywords : urban; apocalypse; resurgence; redemption;

    Abstract : In general, the project I am going to present has two parts, the first part was finished in my first master year (2020.05) and further improved during past days, while the second part is what I have been focused on during the thesis. together, they worked as a complete circle in the project. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluating the Practicality of Using a Kronecker-Factored Approximate Curvature Matrix in Newton's Method for Optimization in Neural Networks

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)

    Author : Magnus Tornstad; [2020]
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    Abstract : For a long time, second-order optimization methods have been regarded as computationally inefficient and intractable for solving the optimization problem associated with deep learning. However, proposed in recent research is an adaptation of Newton's method for optimization in which the Hessian is approximated by a Kronecker-factored approximate curvature matrix, known as KFAC. READ MORE

  6. 5. WEAVING IN WOOD : An architectural strategy in Umeå that strive to decrease loneliness and include elderly with physical and cognitive impairments

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rebecka Littbrand; [2020]
    Keywords : architecture; elderly; impairments; dementia; loneliness; older people; physical and cognitive impairments; physical impairments; cognitive impairments; physical decline; cognitive decline; physical and cognitive decline; social isolation;

    Abstract : WEAVING IN WOOD  An architectural strategy in Umeå that strive to decrease loneliness and include elderly with physical and cognitive impairments A Master Thesis by Rebecka Littbrand                                                                                                   Spring 2020   Background Feelings of loneliness is common in the whole western world, especially among older people. Loneliness is of public health concerns as being a risk factor for many severe diseases and premature mortality. READ MORE