Essays about: "Shack Slum Dwellers International SDI"

Found 1 essay containing the words Shack Slum Dwellers International SDI.

  1. 1. Counterspaces : On power in slum upgrading from a Thirdspace perspective. A case study from Kambi Moto.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rosshagen Erik; [2007]
    Keywords : Thirdspace; Edward Soja; Henri Lefebvre; Informal settlement; Slum; Slum upgrading; Nairobi; Kenya; Shack Slum Dwellers International SDI ; Pamoja Trust; Muungano wa Wanavijiji;

    Abstract : The study takes its point of departure in the urgent problem of slums that follow on the rapid urbanisation worldwide. Focusing on the small informal settlement of Kambi Moto in Nairobi, Kenya, the study tries to answer the question of how power can be worked out in slum upgrading – a way to change the physical environment of a slum without demolishing and rebuilding the whole settlement. READ MORE