Essays about: "SEMI-URBAN"

Showing result 21 - 22 of 22 essays containing the word SEMI-URBAN.

1. 21. Integrated upgrading of a semi-urban village

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Högskoleingenjörsutbildning i byggteknik med arkitektur

   Author : Petter Fandén; Tobias Sjögren; [2009]
   Keywords : uppgraderings projekt; stadsplanering; nepal; låg kostnads hus; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : The world has witnessed a remarkable growth over the last 50 years and the urbanisation is becoming a growing problem in many countries. In 1950 29 % of the world’s population lived in urban areas, in 2003 the urban population had grown to 48 %. READ MORE

3. 22. Lahiya vitesse and the quest for relief : A study of medical pluralism in Saga, Niamey, Niger

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Gabriella Körling; [2005]
   Keywords : medical anthropology; medical pluralism; therapy seeking; illness; health care;

   Abstract : This paper focuses on what people in Saga, a village on the periphery of Niamey, the capital of Niger, do in the face of illness. With limited economic assets and in a context of medical pluralism, to which therapeutic alternatives do they turn? And what factors are determinant in the choice that they make? Saga is an old village, which has become increasingly integrated into the expanding urban community of Niamey. READ MORE