Essays about: "informal settlements"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 107 essays containing the words informal settlements.

  1. 11. Integrating feminist foreign policy and climate resilient development : Case study of socio-cultural configurations in Liberia

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Martin Demmelmaier; [2022]
    Keywords : Socio-cultural configurations; Climate resilient development; Feminist foreign policy; Ethnography; Liberia; Informal settlements; Socio-economic disadvantaged communities; Embassy of Sweden; Climate adaptation; Marginalization; Social justice; Ecological masculinities; Environmental feminism; Gender as a social construction; Transforming masculinity norms; State-citizen relations; Female empowerment strategies; Land-ownership; Religious leaders; Sociokulturella konfigurationer; Klimatresilient utveckling; Feministisk utrikespolitik; Etnografi; Liberia; Informella bosättningar; Socioekonomiskt utsatta områden; Svenska ambassaden; Klimatadaptering; Marginalisering; Social rättvisa; Ekologiska maskuliniteter; Miljöinriktad feminism; Kön som en social konstruktion; Förändra maskulinitetsnormer; Stat-medborgare relationer; Strategier för kvinnlig egenmakt; Markägande; Religiösa ledare;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the socio-cultural configurations in Liberia in relation to climate resilient development and feminist foreign policy carried out by the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia. It builds on the intention to explore potential points of integration between the feminist foreign policy with the construction of climate adaptation capacity. READ MORE

  3. 12. Promoting a better public health quality with urban green space in an informal settlement, Bogota, Colombia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Pamela Okinedo; [2022]
    Keywords : public spaces; urban green spaces; climate change; air pollution; informal settlements; ecosystem services;

    Abstract : Heat waves, rising temperatures, air pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of issues that will and are already rising due to climate change. The urban environment is one that continues to steadily grow at the cost of natural vegetation in the city, and this will only worsen with population growth. READ MORE

  4. 13. Complexity of improvement : a sustainability analysis of the park along Riachuelo river connected to marginalized areas in Buenos Aires

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

    Author : Anna Jogefalk; Cassandra W. Kallifatides; [2022]
    Keywords : Landscape architecture; urban planning; informal settlement; water pollution; sustainability; Riachuelo river; Buenos Aries; Argentina;

    Abstract : The Riachuelo river in Buenos Aires was considered one of the most polluted watersheds in the world, where industries, sewers and illegal dumping have contaminated the river for over 200 years. Over 8 million people live in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, many of which live in informal settlements without official waste management, sanitation- or water systems. READ MORE

  5. 14. A thematic landscape designed masterplan integrating urban ecology, water planning and social improvements : a vision for the former airport Tejgaon and the district Karail, Dhaka City, Bangladesh

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

    Author : Nuzat Naila Islam; [2022]
    Keywords : Green and blue infrastructure; Informal settlements; storm water flooding; urban ecology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis paper is to integrate three important thematic aspects i.e., improve qualities in the urban ecological situation, provide ideas for handling stormwater flooding and ideas to improve socio-economic aspects for inhabitants. The integration of ideas is illustrated in a masterplan program-sketch in three phases. READ MORE

  6. 15. Differentiating Vulnerability to Climate Change

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

    Author : Pauline Clara Wedepohl; [2021]
    Keywords : vulnerability; informal settlements; residential areas; climate change; climate-proofing cities; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change affects every ecosystem, country, and individual on this planet. However, its impacts are felt differently across time and space, differentiating between the diverse communities, depending on their vulnerability. READ MORE