Essays about: "squatter"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word squatter.

  1. 1. Understanding Residents’ Decision-Making in Urban Regeneration: A Case Study of Kale Neighborhood in Çorum, Turkey

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

    Author : Ethan Claney; [2023]
    Keywords : urban regeneration; decision-making; Turkey; peripheral communities; squatter neighbourhoods; neoliberal authoritarianism; Gramsci; consent and coercion;

    Abstract : This study examines the decision-making processes of residents in Turkey’s urban regeneration projects employing a single case study, namely, Çorum’s Kale neighbourhood. Çorum is a city with 250,000 inhabitants located in Black Sea Region. READ MORE

  3. 2. The premise of progress

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

    Author : Sigurlín Rós Steinbergsdóttir; [2017]
    Keywords : Architecture; urban; design; junior high school; market; density; underprivileged; sustainable; Ghana; Accra; Nima; new typology; mixed use; tradition; innovation; columns; traditional; local; materials; earth brick; rammed earth; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Nima is a distressed neighbourhood located north of central Accra, the capital city of Ghana in West Africa. Nima is an extremely dense community, where land is very scarce. Single floor, clay built compound houses occupy the entire neighbourhood. Spatial planning is lacking, infrastructure is limited and overcrowding proposes a severe problem. READ MORE

  4. 3. Urban reneval process in Turkey : - General overview, economic and social analysis

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Özgür Korkmaz; [2013]
    Keywords : Urban renewal; Turkish cases; squatter neighborhoods; policies;

    Abstract : Turkish metropolises suffer poor infrastructure systems and weak structures due to unplanned urbanization as a result of migration waves from rural to urban. Slum clearance was a necessity to provide safe and quality life in the metropolises. READ MORE

  5. 4. Vulnerability and contemporary threats to Jamaican Disaster Management

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

    Author : Morgan Jönsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Insurance; Corruption; Vulnerability; Disaster Management; Jamaica; Squatter Settlments; Development; Marginalization; Natural Hazards; Criminality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Natural hazards and disasters are serious contemporary threats as climate change is causing an increase in the frequency of extreme weather conditions worldwide. The Caribbean is geographically located in the North Atlantic Ocean at the junction of the Caribbean Plate and the North American Plate. READ MORE

  6. 5. “A Dagger Through the Skull and Nothing to the Wallet“

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Hahn; [2012]
    Keywords : squatter society; Rio de Janeiro; Social contract; civil- military relations; private monopoly of violence; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : “A dagger through the skull and nothing to the wallet“ is a common expression for the situation in the squatter societies of Rio de Janeiro. It is used equally amongst the residents of the slums or “favelas” as they are called, as well as used by the recently implemented pacifying police force that work there. READ MORE