Essays about: "riskscapes"

Found 1 essay containing the word riskscapes.

  1. 1. Fluid risks : the politics of risk-scaling at urban rivers in Nairobi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Johannes Theodor Aalders; [2015]
    Keywords : riskscapes; Nairobi; urban rivers; risk; scale; multi-sited ethnography; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the importance of scale for power dynamics in the negotiation of risks connect-ed to Urban Rivers in Nairobi, Kenya. In addition to unequal distribution of wealth, global inequalities in the distribution of risk become increasingly important. READ MORE