Essays about: "social and income diversity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words social and income diversity.

1. 1. Safety in Urban Spaces using Urban Planning: a Comparative Study in Bogotá, Colombia

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

   Author : Sara Sandefeldt; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban planning; Bogotá; Colombia; safety; urban design; urban spaces; women; gender; fear Stadsplanering; trygghet; publika rum; kvinnor; kön; rädsla; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Many cities around the world are facing the same challenges when it comes to the ability for women to move around and feel safe in public spaces. For women, using public spaces entails fear of sexual violence and of being attacked, which forces them to always be vigilant and reduces their quality of life. READ MORE

3. 2. ‘We do what we can with what we have’ - The daily life of people with disabilities and the long and complicated road to improve it in Pando Bolivia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Cecilie Kyed Reese Andersen; [2023]
   Keywords : disability; poverty; family; intersectionality; mobilizing; social anthropology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the search for grasping how the everyday life experience for people with a disability is shaped in relation to the local social and political complexities in Cobija/Pando four themes are crucial to understand. Firstly, illustrating how the rhetorical definition of disability removes the wrongfulness or responsibility from the shoulders of the individual to an exclusive social environment. READ MORE

4. 3. “Until I see that I have water, I am never free”: Gendered experiences of water scarcity : A case study from Gburimani, Northern Ghana

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Madeleine Nordström; Isabel Widman; [2022]
   Keywords : Water scarcity; Gender; Feminist Political Ecology; Intersectionality; Decolonial feminism; Ghana;

   Abstract : Access to water is essential for every aspect of human life. Lack of water is a huge burden for people in low- and middle-income countries, directly linked to poverty, and considered a severe violation of human rights. READ MORE

5. 4. Othering Heights : A critical urban approach to the narratives embedding the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Anna Stohr; [2022]
   Keywords : Urban studies; conviviality; convivial urbanism; Halmstad; Österskans; Sweden; critical urbanism; socio-spatialisation; placemaking; urban design; social sustainability; the built environment; segregation; urbanisation; public space; cityscape; neoliberal planning; densification; social mobility; spatial theory; uneven geographical development; the right to the city; David Harvey; thinking spatially; discourse;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden from the approach of critical urbanism. With a steady increase of population growth for the past decades and despite the income level of the municipality's population being above the national average - the socio-economic segregation in Halmstad is prevalent. READ MORE

6. 5. Assessing the Impact of Planning Practice on Mitigating Spatial Segregation : Study of Three Medium-sized Cities of Sweden

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Muhammad Hamza; [2022]
   Keywords : Segregation; Spatial Planning; Planners; Developers; Policy; Social Mix; Immigrants;

   Abstract : The increasing diversity of people in the cities due to global processes like immigration makes the cities multicultural. However, multicultural cities become prone to conflicts as the citizens of different cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds are put together in the city. READ MORE