Essays about: "slum improvement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words slum improvement.

1. 1. Civil participation in slum development projects : a case study of the civil participation in project Viva Lago Soldati, in Buenos Aires

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Laura Kristine Marianne Grace Bergman; [2016]
   Keywords : slum; participation; civil participation; slum development; villa; villa miseria; Lago Soldati; MFS; medborgardeltagande; medborgardialog;

   Abstract : Both the United Nations and the World Bank consider participatory slum improvement to be the current best practice for dealing with slum challenges. 10% of the population in Buenos Aires live in slum areas. Many of the residents work informally and are therefore unable to get the documents needed to get a house contract outside the Slums. READ MORE

3. 2. Wastescape Bhubaneswar & Cuttack

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Oskar Gudéhn; Linda Ringqvist; [2014]
   Keywords : Bhubaneswar; Cuttack; Odisha; Waste; Waste Management; Architecture; sustainable studies; critical studies; Urban Planning; Formal; Informal; Minor Field Study; MFS; Architects without Borders; ASF; SPARC; UDRC; KKPKP; waste picker; godown; Mahila Milan; India; Rammed Earth; Mud; Bamboo; ANT; recycling; composting; biogas; landfill; slum; slum upgrading; interview; documentation; sketches; holistic; bottom up; social sustainability; economic sustainability; ecological sustainability;

   Abstract : This project is a study of the wastescape - a network of waste - of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in Odisha, India.  The study incorporates key locations, e.g. landfills, urban wastelands and waste warehouses; major actors in the formal and informal waste sector; and flows of waste through economic and social systems. READ MORE

4. 3. Förbättringsprocesser inom sanitet i slumområden i Indien : en kvalitativ studie

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Clara Lindell; [2014]
   Keywords : empowerment; fattigdom; hållbar utveckling; Indien; lokalsamhälle; sanitet; slum; stadsplanering; open defecation; urbanisering;

   Abstract : Den globala fattigdomen påverkar livet för miljarder människor världen över. Tillsammans med en ökande urbanisering ger fattigdomen en grogrund för ytterligare spridning av slumområden i städer. 2,5 miljarder människor uppskattas idag leva under osanitära förhållanden. READ MORE

5. 4. Empowering Youth in Resource Poor Community in Kenya through ICT Training

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

   Author : Yuchen Feng; [2012]
   Keywords : ICT Empowerment; ICT Training; Outcome Evaluation;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the area of Information and Communication for Development and emphases on bridging the digital divide between developed and developing society. Particularly, this project focuses on the empowerment of youth in resource poor community trough ICT training. READ MORE

6. 5. Sustainable Housing in Navotas, the Philippines - A Minor Field Study on Low-income Housing in Disaster Prone Areas

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Högskoleingenjörsutbildning i byggteknik med arkitektur

   Author : Sophia Truong; Lina Olofsson; [2008]
   Keywords : the philippines; sanagmana; ngo; housing development; low-income households; Building construction; Byggnadsteknik; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The study is about the housing situation of the urban poor in Navotas in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is a field study carried out in Manila, a city with 13 million inhabitants, where people live in an already congested area and at the same time people from the provinces move there to pursue jobs and the promise of a better life. READ MORE