Essays about: "kibera slums"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words kibera slums.

1. 1. Slum Upgrading and Community Participation - A case study on slum upgrading in Kibera

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Byggproduktion

   Author : Magnus Flinck; [2017]
   Keywords : Stakeholder management; stakeholder analysis; community participation; Slum upgrading; Slums; Kibera; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Construction projects will affect numerous actors with various interests, needs and demands. Different project will affect different actors where their specific interests will vary depending on project type but also throughout the projects execution. These actors are today referred to as a project’s stakeholders. READ MORE

3. 2. The Four Dimensions of Participation: A Kenyan Case Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Sofie Moberg; [2016]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis takes as its point of departure Wale Wale Kenya - an NGO located in Kibera, Nairobi that has been created by a group of youths from the Kibera slums. It is unusual in being founded, run and controlled by a group who are beneficiaries of many projects, but seldom owns the NGOs that initiate those projects. READ MORE

4. 3. ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS (SRHR) IN INFORMAL URBAN SETTLEMENTS: Changes, Challenges and Life-Strategies of Adolescent Girls Living in Kibera, Nairobi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Anna Helena Malmi; [2016]
   Keywords : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Adolescence; Gender; Life-Strategies; Urban poverty; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The increasing urbanization trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the proliferation of urban poverty together with the explosion of informal urban settlements have lead to a shift in the international poverty alleviation agenda from the focus on rural poverty to an increased emphasis put on the particularities of urban poverty. Kenya is one of the fastest urbanizing countries in SSA and the majority of the population in its capital Nairobi, reside in informal urban settlements and live under the national poverty line. READ MORE

5. 4. "Key to Life" - A study of how students perceive secondary education in the slums of Kibera

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Fredrik Sundqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : Individual perception; Education; Kibera; Urban slum; Human Capital; Human Rights; Community Building.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This is a study of high school students’ individual perception of education in the slum area of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya. A fieldwork in Kibera was carried out between February and March of 2015 consisting of individual interviews and focus groups conducted with high school students. READ MORE

6. 5. VOICES FROM THE SLUM- A study of perceptions amongst rural migrants in Kibera, Nairobi

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

   Author : Anna Ovesson; [2013]
   Keywords : Rural-Urban Migration; Perceptions; Movements; Urban; Social Bonds; Slum; Kibera; Residential Satisfaction; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Migration and urbanisation have a great impact on many Less Developed Countries. However, limited research has been focusing on the relationship between urbanisation and rapidly growing slum populations. READ MORE