Essays about: "rural-urban migration"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the words rural-urban migration.

1. 16. A Green Belt of synergies : a study on the implementation of a contemporary Green Belt

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

   Author : Maria Bergvall; Elin Dahl; [2015]
   Keywords : Green Belt; informal settlement; urban growth; urban planning; green structure;

   Abstract : The prevailing urban migration is a worldwide process. This results in growing cities and a diminishing proportion of people living in the countryside. As the urbanization continues a large amount of the world’s population is expected to live in urban settlements of informal character by 2050. READ MORE

3. 17. Migration, Remittances and Education: A Review of the Educational Performance of Left-behind Children in Rural China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Keqin Zhu; [2015]
   Keywords : Parental migration; Rural-urban; China; Remittance; Left-behind children; Educational performance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The massive rural-urban population flow has been proceeding in China for decades ever since the 1980s. Millions of labor migrants move to industrialized cities for a better future for themselves, as well as their families. The increasing amount of migrants has led to the phenomenon of the “left-behind”. READ MORE

4. 18. Administration of land problems and disputes in peri-urban areas surrounding Gaborone, Botswana

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad

   Author : Linnéa Vestin; Jonathan Molund; [2014]
   Keywords : land administration; land management; peri-urban; land problems; dispute resolution;

   Abstract : Abstract Peri-urban areas experience many land related problems and disputes because of rural-urban migration and increasing demand in land. The purpose of this thesis is to identify and describe the land problems and their related disputes that exist in two peri-urban areas surrounding the capital of Botswana, Gaborone. READ MORE

5. 19. Trends in Early Marriage in Shashemene, Ethiopia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Selcan Mutgan; [2014]
   Keywords : Early marriage; Shashemene; Ethiopia; Life history calendar; Discrete-time event history analysis; Complementary log-log; Gender; Education; Birth area vs. area of residence; Religion;

   Abstract : Despite the Family Code of 2000 that raised the legal age at marriage to 18 for both sexes; early family formation is still a common practice which affect many children in Ethiopia. Previous research has shown that girls in rural areas are more disadvantaged and suffer the consequences of early marriage the most. READ MORE

6. 20. Benefits of the Vocational Education - Perceptions of the Young Female Students of a Vocational Training Center in Addis Ababa

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

   Author : Ulla-Kaisa Pihlaja; [2014]
   Keywords : education; youth; developing countries; Ethiopia; vocational education and training VET ; capabilities approach; gender; changing urban space; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The importance of education in development is generally acknowledged, but in the discussions and practice, this usually includes only basic education. However, during recent years, the growing number of urban unemployed youth in cities of developing countries has raised the question of the role of vocational education and training (VET). READ MORE