Essays about: "problems of poor people"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 127 essays containing the words problems of poor people.

  1. 21. Vilnius full of space

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

    Author : Jurate Cirtautaite; [2017]
    Keywords : Reuse of space; Community; Jane Jacobs; Self-building; Space in city; Big block solution; Community bonds; Self-building guide; Modules; Built on site; Historical site; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Today, one of the main economic engines is construction field. A few periods of history showed that in Lithuania, the main goal for the companies were to build fast, cheap dwellings on the empty lots. The capital of Lithuania, Vilnius city is not an exception. City is built ineffectively. READ MORE

  3. 22. Puzzle pavement : a competition project for better streetscapes in unpaved informal settlements

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

    Author : Jonathan Anderson; Daniel Eriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : dust pollution; informal settlements; public space; slum; slum upgrading; streetscapes; unpaved streets; water management;

    Abstract : The developing world’s population is becoming more and more urbanized in a very rapid pace. The urbanization combined with a too normative city planning and use of inefficient approaches from governments has in many cases led to the formation of informal settlements, where 860 million people lived in the year of 2013. READ MORE

  4. 23. An analysis of the discrepancy in availability and production at a wind farm in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Edward Sadler; [2017]
    Keywords : wind; wind turbine;

    Abstract : Eolus recently developed, sold and now manage a wind farm consisting of four 2 MW wind turbines located in the northern half of Sweden. Soon after commissioning it was noticed that they were underperforming in terms of production and availability. It was suspected that one turbine was underperforming relative to the manufacturers’ power curve. READ MORE

  5. 24. Building a Small Scale Anaerobic Digester in Quelimane

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Silja Lehtinen; [2017]
    Keywords : Anaerobic digestion; small-scale; fixed-dome digester; continuously-fed; developing countries;

    Abstract : Anaerobic digestion is a process where biogas is generated from organic substance in the absence of oxygen. The most common application of the anaerobic digestion technology in developing countries is small-scale household digesters producing biogas for cooking purposes. These systems are usually fed with cattle dung or organic household waste. READ MORE

  6. 25. Linkages between land degradation and economic inequality in global drylands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Neija Maegaard Elvekjær; [2017]
    Keywords : global drylands; Gini coefficient; income inequality; NDVI; Mann Kendall trend analysis; inequality index; restrend; land degradation; socio-economic inequality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Land degradation has a negative effect on agriculture, food security and ecosystems. It severely impacts the livelihood of the many people directly depending on agriculture around the world. Drylands are some of the most vulnerable areas around the world. READ MORE