Essays about: "Slum Areas"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words Slum Areas.

  1. 16. A home for the excluded? A study about identity and belonging in Kibera slum

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

    Author : Tilda Kristersson; [2013]
    Keywords : Kenya; exclusion; slum; others; cosmopolitan neighbourliness; belonging; identity; HIV; Kibera; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With increasing migration to urban areas, Kenya is a country in change with new and challenging problems. Nairobi has a high population growth but a far from equal socio-economic development. As Nairobi continues to grow, so do the slum areas within the city and the slum Kibera has grown to be one of the largest in Africa. READ MORE

  3. 17. Towards sustainable sanitation in slum areas : A field study in Mumbai

    University essay from Maskinkonstruktion; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Emma Larsson; Maja Nilsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Sustainable Sanitation; Mumbai; Field Study; Product Development; Sanitary Techniques; Sanitary Situation; India; Slum Residents; Slum Areas; Sanitation;

    Abstract : Globally, there are 2.5 billion people who do not have access to improved sanitation. One third of these people are living in India. Bad sanitation is both undignified and causes the spread of diseases like diarrhoea. READ MORE

  4. 18. VOICES FROM THE SLUM- A study of perceptions amongst rural migrants in Kibera, Nairobi

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

    Author : Anna Ovesson; [2013]
    Keywords : Rural-Urban Migration; Perceptions; Movements; Urban; Social Bonds; Slum; Kibera; Residential Satisfaction; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Migration and urbanisation have a great impact on many Less Developed Countries. However, limited research has been focusing on the relationship between urbanisation and rapidly growing slum populations. READ MORE

  5. 19. Urban reneval process in Turkey : - General overview, economic and social analysis

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Özgür Korkmaz; [2013]
    Keywords : Urban renewal; Turkish cases; squatter neighborhoods; policies;

    Abstract : Turkish metropolises suffer poor infrastructure systems and weak structures due to unplanned urbanization as a result of migration waves from rural to urban. Slum clearance was a necessity to provide safe and quality life in the metropolises. READ MORE

  6. 20. Gendered spaces : a socio-spatial study in the informal settlement Dharavi in Mumbai

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

    Author : Helena Ohlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Slum; informal settlements; urban planning; use of space; gender; urban form; hierarchy of spaces; gender-sensitive urban design; India; Dharavi.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the relation between built form and sociocultural relationships with Dharavi in Mumbai as a case. The study explores gender segregation and the relation between use of space and urban form and in what way the built structure and its functions influence the everyday life. READ MORE