Essays about: "informal settlements"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 107 essays containing the words informal settlements.

1. 21. Guidelines for Integrated Flood Control Design in the Informal Settlements of Cape Town Municipality : A case study of Kosovo Informal Settlement in Philippi District

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Erasmus Mseleku; [2021]
   Keywords : climate change; community participation; flooding; informal settlements; integrated water management systems; nature-based solutions; spatial inequality; sustainability; urban flooding;

   Abstract : Flooding over the last few years has become the most frequent and devastating of the natural disasters. This has accounted for approximately half of the death-rate and a third of economic losses as a result of weather-related events. READ MORE

3. 22. Utilizing Learnings of Informal Settlements in Community Planning:

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

   Author : Mark Storie; [2021]
   Keywords : Informal Settlements; Dar Es Salaam; Community Planning; Market Street; Social Sustainability; Kawe; Tanganyika Packers; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Informal settlements, or unplanned sectors of the city, are vital for providing shelter for low and middle income households in the developing world. In the case of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, informal settlements have a long history dating back to the early colonial beginnings and today provide housing to over 70% of the city. READ MORE

4. 23. Community Garden Streetscapes : promoting social cohesion between the formal city and the informal settlements in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires

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

   Author : Amanda Backlund; Evelina Bengtsson; [2020]
   Keywords : community garden; social cohesion; informal settlements; urban agriculture; streetscapes; streetscape design; Buenos Aires;

   Abstract : Urbanisation causes challenges related to environmental issues and social conflicts (Sijmons 2010; Elmqvist et al. 2018). On a local level, in the informal settlements of Hurlingham in Greater Buenos Aires, it is expressed through unequal distribution of urban land, severe floodings and segregation (Janches 2020a; van de Berg 2018). READ MORE

5. 24. Translating Climate Change Adaptation to Local Context and Practice:The case of floods and landslides in Rwanda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Natalie Martinsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Rwanda; climate change adaptation; floods; landslides; translation theory; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of conducting this study was to analyze how forced expropriations and the demolitions of informal settlements could fall under the umbrella of “climate change adaptation” measures. Using an actor-network lens and translation theory, these translations are systematically broken down between three distinct levels: global discourse, national discourse, and implementation. READ MORE

6. 25. “We have nowhere else to go” A study of urban informality within a Roma settlement in Arad, Romania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Sam Fraser; [2020]
   Keywords : Urban Informality; Roma; Power Resistance; Informal Settlements; Critical and Emancipatory Perspective; Ethnography; Housing; Segregation; Bourdieu; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The complexities of urban informality are increasingly being examined in nuanced and region specific ways. Within the post-socialist states of Central-Eastern Europe, a growing body of research is interrogating phenomena within urban environments through the lens of transition and the unique historical and social dynamics of the area. READ MORE