Essays about: "Slum Residents"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Slum Residents.

1. 1. “You can not pay my rent forever” Voices from Dandora: Exploring Perspectives on Slum Tourism through Resident, Tour Guide, and Swedish Tourist Experiences

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Linnea Reuterberg; [2023-10-26]
   Keywords : Slum tourism; Kenya; Sweden; Dandora; Neocolonialism; Dependency;

   Abstract : In line with the increase of Globalisation, the demand for more unconventional tourism has been on a rise during the last decades. More Western tourists want to get insight into the everyday life of citizens in the country they are visiting. READ MORE

3. 2. Challenges of Community Policing and Community Safety in the slum Community of Westpoint. District Number 7, Monsterrado County, Liberia : None

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

   Author : Grace Akose Badu; [2022]
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   Abstract : Background: Police are most at risk, and so are the residents due to the vulnerability in the slum community of WestPoint. Despite the efforts of the government to improve community living standards by encouraging the role of Community policing in crime prevention, there is instead an increase in the crime rate and insecurity in the neighborhoods. READ MORE

4. 3. The Paradox of Kenyan Slum Upgrading Programme - An interpretative case study about socio-spatial exclusion in the informal settlement of Kibera

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

   Author : Melina Rupprecht; [2020]
   Keywords : socio-spatial exclusion; built environment; post-colonial urban planning; structural violence; place;

   Abstract : This interpretative case study examines the ways in which socio-spatial exclusion is main-tained though urban planning designs in the informal settlement of Kibera in Kenya. It ap-plies the theoretical and analytical framework of T. Mitchell and A. Church, M. READ MORE

5. 4. Social cohesion in Gilbert Hill : What can be done to better integrate the informalitywithin the formal planning process

   University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

   Author : Emma Johansson; Gustav Carlsbrand; [2018]
   Keywords : Informal settlement; positive qualities; reasons for persistence; attitudes; living patterns;

   Abstract : The government in Maharashtra are trying to rehabilitate the informal settlements in Mumbai through the slum rehabilitation authority and its rehabilitation scheme and we wanted to learn more about how it worked and how it affects living conditions for former residents of an informal settlement and how it can differ from those still living there. This study has a focus on a specific informal settlement in Mumbai, called Gilbert Hill. READ MORE

6. 5. WasteLess Musings- A sensitive approach to Urban Renewal in Chennai, India

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

   Author : Parvaty Balagopal; [2018]
   Keywords : Sustainable urban design; slum upgrade; urban renewal; waste management; architecture from waste; flood management; low cost materials; recycling; incremental; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : The city of Chennai evolved around the river, Cooum. The river supports irrigation to agricultural fields in the north and supplies water to the city of Chennai. It also acts as a major flood carrier for the city. Before the 1960s, the river was clean and used for activities such as bathing, boating and fishing. READ MORE