Essays about: "low-income people"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 88 essays containing the words low-income people.

1. 6. Property Prices and Disaster (In)Justice: Fifty Years of Demographic Change in Hawai’i County’s Lava Hazard Zones

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : AnaCapri Mauro; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Vulnerability; Volcanic Hazards; Disaster Justice; Risk Governance; Temporal Analysis; Mauna Loa; Kīlauea; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : While there is a degree of homogeneity in the physical impact that volcanic hazards can cause, the experience of volcanic risk and the politics of exposure are far from equal. The purpose of this thesis is to expand on research citing population growth and property price dynamics as factors encouraging settlement in the Mauna Loa and Kīlauea lava hazard zones. READ MORE

3. 7. Classification Method of Financial Behaviour Through Means of Machine Learning : Can a classification method created using bank transaction and machine learning help individuals to understand their spending behavior?

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Yilei Cheng; Akhmed Al-Sayed; [2022]
   Keywords : machine learning; bank transactions; classification; spending behaviour; overspending; money awareness.; maskininlärning; banktransaktioner; klassificering; utgiftsbeteende; överutgifter; finansiell kunskap.;

   Abstract : With the current fast transformation from physical cash to digitized banking systems, there are more and more people that are at risk of overspending without realizing it. There are methods and researches done that are targeted at incorporating machine learning in identifying fraudulent transactions and credit scores but currently there is no research done in categorizing people’s behaviour based on transaction records using machine learning techniques. READ MORE

4. 8. Increasing access to healthcare in rural areas in low-income countries using mobile applications : A minor field study in Linga Linga, Mozambique

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Kani Talabani; [2022]
   Keywords : mHealth; Mozambique; Requirements; Mobile phones; User-centered design; Dynamics of Social Practice; mHealth; Moçambique; Krav; Mobiltelefon; Användarcentreraddesign; Dynamics of Social Practice;

   Abstract : This study investigates the possibilities for an end-user mobile application that increases access to healthcare in rural communities in Mozambique. The country is facing multiple healthcare-related challenges, including a high prevalence of infectious diseases and a low density of physicians. READ MORE

5. 9. The impact of covid-19 on income inequality in Sweden : Empirical evidence using municipality data

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : David Sunesson; [2022]
   Keywords : Pandemic; Covid-19; Income inequality; Sweden; Municipality;

   Abstract : This study uses data between 2011 and 2020 from the 290 municipalities of Sweden to investigate theeffect that covid-19 has had on income inequality. Excess mortality rate is used as the variablemeasuring the intensity of the pandemic and the Gini coefficient as well as percentile quotas representsincome inequality. READ MORE

6. 10. Assessing the Impact of Planning Practice on Mitigating Spatial Segregation : Study of Three Medium-sized Cities of Sweden

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Muhammad Hamza; [2022]
   Keywords : Segregation; Spatial Planning; Planners; Developers; Policy; Social Mix; Immigrants;

   Abstract : The increasing diversity of people in the cities due to global processes like immigration makes the cities multicultural. However, multicultural cities become prone to conflicts as the citizens of different cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds are put together in the city. READ MORE