Essays about: "Migration and social Problems"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 54 essays containing the words Migration and social Problems.

1. 36. Power Distribution Between Refugees and Host Population : A Case Study of the Nakivale Refugee Settlement

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Sandra Tollebrandt; Sophia Wrede; [2013]
   Keywords : Local integration; Uganda; Refugee settlement; Refugees; Host community; Nakivale Refugee Settlement;

   Abstract : The UNHCR reports an anticipated growing number of migration movements in Africa that will increase the amount of prolonged refugee situations, with the international debate regarding refugee policies discussing local integration as a durable solution. Local integration policy is dependent on the acceptance and willingness of the host population and can engender tensions between refugees and hosts, which could be a result of their uneven power distribution, with one group possessing more social power, leading to more opportunities in the community. READ MORE

3. 37. Understanding the role of NGOs for immigrant integration in Sweden: a case study of Tamam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Tadas Valutis; [2013]
   Keywords : Integration; refugees; immigrants; NGOs; Tamam; participation; activities; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Due to various reasons like globalization and conflicts many countries are experiencing high levels of in-and outmigration. Strongly increased diversified migration has evoked a multiple reactions from the receiving societies. READ MORE

4. 38. Urban Renewal In China: The Long Road From Top-Down to Bottom-Up

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Juho-Atte Riikonen; [2012]
   Keywords : Urban Renewal; Urban Redevelopment; Urban Development; Urban Planning; Good Governance; Public Participation; Participatory Planning; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : China’s cities are currently facing immense challenges due to the vast rural-urban migration that has been triggered by the country’s market-transition. The country’s rapid, top-down implemented, urban (re)developments have answered the call to a certain extent. READ MORE

5. 39. Escaping, climbing & surviving: Environmental migration and consequences for Bangladeshis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Emily Borgström; [2012]
   Keywords : climate change; migration; Bangladesh; consequences; conflict; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Bangladesh is known to be the country worst hit by environmental changes at the same time as it is a densely populated country in South Asia. Questions of climate change have been debated during the last decades and the voices of the affected have now also been heard. Bangladesh will lose land as the sea level rises and floods occur more often. READ MORE

6. 40. Access a better development for Chinese sustainable building -A study of problems and proposal from a technical view

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

   Author : Boyun Gong; [2012]
   Keywords : sustainable building; technology transferring; China;

   Abstract : Sustainable building issue plays a key role in world sustainable development as the building industry converge major sectors of energy, water and material consumption that have huge affect on social and environment. Modern China is under the process of sifting from agriculture society to industrialized society, experiencing a fast economic growth and urbanization, facing big amount of environment and energy problems. READ MORE