Essays about: "Urban slum"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words Urban slum.

1. 1. Migration into Urban Areas: a Sociological and Micro Perspective : A thematic analysis of how migration is used as a tool to gain personal development in Zambia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Juliette Iturralde Ulfsax; [2022]
   Keywords : Push and pull factor; symbolic capital; gender display; doing gender; urbanisation; migration;

   Abstract : The pace of urbanisation in less developed regions creates consequences which cause problems such as housing, overcrowding and lack of living standards in the urban areas. A problem connected more to developing countries than developed countries that earlier went through the same process. READ MORE

3. 2. Flood Management in the Kamrangirchar Slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Olivia Emelie Kjellgren; [2021]
   Keywords : Flooding; flood management; disaster management; disaster risk reduction; disaster recovery; disaster resilience; disaster preparedness; climate change; livelihood; vulnerability; adaptation; assets; economic insecurity; infrastructure; slum; sewerage networks; sanitation; housing; sustainable development; onion-peel approach; mixed method design; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A study on the Kamrangirchar slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh has been completed by analyzing literature involving qualitative data, as well as quantitative data using a mixed method research design. The quantitative data from the World Bank (2020) and the UNDP (2020) is provided as background for the research. 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. Pathogen inactivation and quantitative microbial risk assessment for Peepoo sanitation system, Kibera

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Linnea Eriksson; Lisa Sundberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Quantitative microbial risk assessment; ammonia sanitisation; faeces; risk assessment; inactivation model; pathogen; Ascaris; E. coli; Campylobacter; Enterococcus; sanitation system; sanitisation technology;

   Abstract : Unsafe sanitation systems poses a risk for pathogen transmission, wherefore it is important to both inactivate pathogens present in human excreta and conduct safe sanitation systems from use to end-use. The Peepoo toilet, using ammonia sanitisation, have been suggested as a low-cost sanitation solution and is implemented in schools in Kibera, an urban slum in Kenya. READ MORE

6. 5. Interrogating the Cityscape and Exclusion:Insights on Urban Humanitarianism from a Resilience Perspective

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Avery Anderson; [2019]
   Keywords : Slum; Urbanization; Mumbai; Resilience;

   Abstract : .... READ MORE