Essays about: "Slums and squatter settlements"

Found 3 essays containing the words Slums and squatter settlements.

  1. 1. From Different Perspectives : A case study of a slum area in Bhubaneswar, India

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

    Author : Lena Johansson; Emma Josefson; [2011]
    Keywords : Slum; MFS; Orissa; Bhubaneswar; Indien; Urbanisering; Informalitet; Fattigdom; Slumuppgradering; Provider modellen; Supporter modellen; Postkolonialism; Värden;

    Abstract : In From Different Perspectives - A Case Study of a Slum Area in Bhubaneswar, India we set out to investigate the residential effects of a very special phenomenon. In 2007/08 we entered the Urban Millennium when for the first time in history as many people lived in cities as on the countryside. READ MORE

  3. 2. RENTAL HOUSING AND TENANCY CHANGES IN LOW- INCOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE CASE OF ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY AND SURROUNDING SETTLEMENTS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Patrick Asiedu-Frimpong; [2010]
    Keywords : Rental housing; landlord-tenant relationship; trade liberalisation; tenancy; low-cost housing; low-income households; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Housing is a basic human need throughout the world. Most people the world over have problems getting a place to sleep. In spite of the importance and necessity of housing a number of governments barely work to support the rental housing sector in many national housing policies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Environmental Perceptions in an Urban Environment : Report from a Minor Field Study in Nairobi, Kenya, January-March 2007

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Emelie Kärre; [2007]
    Keywords : Nairobi; Kenya; modernity; modernitet; environmental perception; naturuppfattning; miljöperception; urban; sociology; stadssociologi; rural areas; landsbygd; poverty; fattigdom; squatter settlements; kåkstäder; environment; miljö; cities and towns; städer; human ecology; humanekologi; Environmental studies; Miljöstudier; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Social geography; Socialgeografi; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an analysis of the modern phenomena and attributes of the city of Nairobi and its inhabitants. It has two purposes where the first is to account for the environmental perceptions of Nairobi citizens. READ MORE