Essays about: "Poverty Mapping"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Poverty Mapping.
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1. Exploring commoning as a tool for social integration: Re-use of abandoned buildings and plots for the creation of commons in the Greek context
University essay fromAbstract : Since 2011, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of people fleeing countries facing political turmoil. Refugees in Greece have been admitted to state run camps, segregated and excluded from social life and have been denied their basic human rights. READ MORE
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2. Private Regulatory Governance and Sustainable Development: Is there a connection? Mapping linkages of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) share similar objectives. VSS are being increasingly used because of their claims to address sustainability issues at the production stage, such as greenhouse gas emissions in production, biodiversity conservation, labor rights, worker’s wages, local pollution and good corporate governance. READ MORE
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3. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Urban fires, particularly in informal settlements in rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world, are an “everyday disaster” that oftentimes goes unnoticed or under-served in the face of disturbances of the more “lethal reputation”. These disturbances of normal existence are arguably the most debilitating to vulnerable communities and sustainable development, and yet get little attention in disaster literature or in practice. READ MORE
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4. Carbon forestry and local livelihoods : a case study on poverty in Uganda
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Green Resources is one of the largest companies engaged in carbon forestry on the African continent. The Green Resources carbon forestry plantation in northern Uganda is a particularly interesting case in a Swedish perspective, because the Swedish Energy Agency is committed to buying its carbon emissions reductions within a clean development mechanism (CDM) project under the Kyoto protocol. READ MORE
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5. Modeling Income-Based Residential Segregation in Moscow, Russian Federation
University essay from Umeå universitet/KulturgeografiAbstract : This thesis investigates spatial patterns of income-based residential segregation at the neighborhood level in the Russian capital city Moscow within new administrative boundaries, which have received relatively little attention in prior studies. It is argued that Moscow faces high levels of income inequality exacerbated by growing levels of spatial segregation between the affluent and prestigious Center – South-West and poor industrial South – South-East. READ MORE
