Essays about: "Palestinian refugee"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words Palestinian refugee.

  1. 6. Palestinian Refugees in Exile: A Case Study of Palestinian Refugees in Ein El Hilweh Camp, Lebanon

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

    Author : Fathia El Sakka; [2019]
    Keywords : PRL; integration; discrimination; identity; Lebanon;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to examine the current Palestinian refugees’ situation in the biggest refugee camp in Lebanon. The research questions of this thesis are: How are Palestinians integrating into Lebanese society? What are the experiences of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon? How do Palestinian refugees identify themselves? Through the interviewees’ perceptions of their situations, this study provides their viewpoints regarding the position of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. READ MORE

  3. 7. In the Meantime - Place Attachment and Temporality in a Palestinian Refugee Camp

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

    Author : Catharina Hansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Architecture; Urban Planning; Environmental Psychology; Place Attachment; Refugee Camp; Jerusalem; Palestine; Arts and Architecture;

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  4. 8. Environmentalism of the occupied: A slow violence perspective on the West Bank’s deteriorating agricultural sector, and an overview of Palestinian agro-resistance in the struggle towards food sovereignty

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Jennifer Luna Pedersen; [2018]
    Keywords : slow violence; food sovereignty; environmentalism of the poor; environmentalism of the occupied; resistance; occupied Palestinian territories oPt ; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores what it means to struggle for food sovereignty under belligerent occupation. It makes the argument that the deliberate suppression of agriculture in the West Bank (occupied Palestinian territories) and ensuing deterioration of food sovereignty can be understood as an example of “slow violence,” further entrenching the settler-colonial occupation of Palestine. READ MORE

  5. 9. Mitigating Urban Heat Island effects in Beirut

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

    Author : Viktor Wallström; Viktor Brandt Johnson; [2018]
    Keywords : Urban Heat Island; UHI; Beirut; Lebanon; Microclimate; Urban Design; ENVI-met; Planning; Architecture; Sustainability; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Urbanisation in Beirut has led to a situation where the city suffers from a severe lack of green public space—Lebanon’s capital have ended up with some of the least amount of public green space per capita in the world. The lack of green surfaces and vegetation in Beirut contributes to the city’s Urban Heat Island (UHI)—a phenomenon where an urban or metropolitan area traps waste heat and end up significantly warmer than the surrounding area. READ MORE

  6. 10. People’s perceptions from Jabal el-Hussein to Zarqa camps. An analysis of access to water and inequalities in two Palestinian refugee camps of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Giorgia Gusciglio; [2018]
    Keywords : Access to water; Palestinian refugees; Palestinian refugee camps; Jordan; Distributive Justice; Water issues; Inequalities; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With population growth, urbanization and political instability affecting the MENA region, people in Jordan have been facing a number of challenges. From the Israeli-Arab war of 1948 until 2011, with the Syrian crisis, waves of refugees arrived to Jordan fleeing conflicts. READ MORE