Essays about: "problems of people in slum areas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words problems of people in slum areas.

1. 1. Using geographical information systems in epidemiology : mapping & analyzing occurrence of diarrhea in urban–residential area of Islamabad, Pakistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Mirza Amir Liaquat Baig; [2017]
   Keywords : Islamabad; hotspots; GIS; geographic information system; disease; cluster; diarrhea; mapping; Pakistan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Almost 2 million people are living in Islamabad, significant number of workforce commute from neighboring areas and other parts of the country. The city is facing restraint on natural resources due to increased urban migration coupled with rapid population growth. READ MORE

3. 2. Produktionsdjur i Afrikas städer : problem och möjligheter

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Malin Halvarsson; [2016]
   Keywords : produktionsdjur; städer; Afrika; djurvälfärd; fattigdom; livestock; cities; Africa; animal welfare; poverty;

   Abstract : Att ha produktionsdjur fritt strövande inne i Afrikas städer och slumområden kan innebära ett problem för folkhälsan och kan orsaka minskad välfärd hos djuren. Ett vanliga förekommande problem är att det inte finns tillräckligt med foder till djuren då betesmarker inte är vanligt förekommande i städerna. READ MORE

4. 3. Sidi Moumen, from terror slum to open city

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : Karolina Gustavsson; Jennie Luthander; [2014]
   Keywords : mass housing; social housing; slum upgrading; urban revitalization; urban renewal; sustainable urban design; spatial planning; urban planning; radicant design;

   Abstract : Due to rural – urban migration, mass housing has become an inevitable part in the development of cities but mass housing today does not conform to the norms of sustainable urbanism. Most mass housing areas are socially isolated, culturally inappropriate and environmentally unsustainable. READ MORE

5. 4. A home for the excluded? A study about identity and belonging in Kibera slum

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

   Author : Tilda Kristersson; [2013]
   Keywords : Kenya; exclusion; slum; others; cosmopolitan neighbourliness; belonging; identity; HIV; Kibera; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : With increasing migration to urban areas, Kenya is a country in change with new and challenging problems. Nairobi has a high population growth but a far from equal socio-economic development. As Nairobi continues to grow, so do the slum areas within the city and the slum Kibera has grown to be one of the largest in Africa. READ MORE

6. 5. RAPID URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION : THE CASE OF MEGA CITY DHAKA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Rahman Mizanur; [2011]
   Keywords : Urbanization; Environmental Degradation; Dhaka City; Basic Needs; Urban Inhabitants; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh is one of the largest and most populous cities in the world. According to World Bank, Bangladesh has been experiencing a rapid urbanization over the last few decades, and Dhaka City’s projected 20 million residents will make it the third-largest city in the world by 2020. READ MORE