Essays about: "Unplanned settlement"

Found 4 essays containing the words Unplanned settlement.

  1. 1. The impact of post-socialism on informal settlements in Belgrade

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Filip Stankovic; [2016]
    Keywords : Belgrade; post-socialism; informal settlement; illegal construction; Belgrade Waterfront;

    Abstract : After the fall of communism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe in 1989 the countries that had been under socialist rule underwent a process of political, economical and social reforms and changes. These changes also had a major impact on the process of urban planning; creating a disruption in previously held planning ideas and patterns and causing a brake with the former planning system. READ MORE

  3. 2. Power and interests in conflicts over the use of irrigation channels in an informal settlement : a Peruvian perspective

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Lisa Waselikowski; [2013]
    Keywords : Unplanned Urbanisation; Open-access Resources; Soft Systems Methodology; Informality in Housing; Power in Conflicts;

    Abstract : Rapid and informal urbanisation is a phenomenon which is changing agricultural and natural landscapes into urban areas in an unplanned manner all over the world, especially in the global south. This has many consequences one of which is tension and conflict between traditional land users and urban settlers, leading to struggles over scarce resources. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dharavi : Space, time, human condition towards a theory on unplanned settlements

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

    Author : Charlotta Eriksson; [2013]
    Keywords : Unplanned settlement; Dharavi; Human condition; paticipatory planning;

    Abstract : Dharavi, one of the largest unplanned settlements in the world, inhabit over 700 000 people. The illegal settlements dating back to the 18th century are now under threat to be torn down in order to develop highly modern office and apartment spaces. READ MORE

  5. 4. Participatory Urban Upgrading : The Case of Ezbet Bekhit, Cairo, Egypt

    University essay from KTH/Infrastruktur

    Author : Zeinab Noureddine Tag-Eldeen; [2003]
    Keywords : Informal settlement; Low-income Housing; Urban Upgrading; Community Participation; Project Evaluation; Participatory Program Evaluation; Action Planning; German-Egyptian Cooperation; Egypt; Cairo;

    Abstract : As a mega-city and the most populated city in Africa, Cairo is characterised by a high birth rate, escalating rural-urban migration and where the socio-economic services are centralized and overwhelmed, these generally poor migrants have no choice other than to create and develop their own informal shelter in the outer city areas that lay farthest from the reach of the authorities and from where they then search for better job opportunities. The expansion of these slum areas places an extra burden on the already deteriorated natural and unplanned urban environments. READ MORE