Essays about: "urban slum areas problems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words urban slum areas problems.

  1. 1. Migration into Urban Areas: a Sociological and Micro Perspective : A thematic analysis of how migration is used as a tool to gain personal development in Zambia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Juliette Iturralde Ulfsax; [2022]
    Keywords : Push and pull factor; symbolic capital; gender display; doing gender; urbanisation; migration;

    Abstract : The pace of urbanisation in less developed regions creates consequences which cause problems such as housing, overcrowding and lack of living standards in the urban areas. A problem connected more to developing countries than developed countries that earlier went through the same process. READ MORE

  3. 2. Using geographical information systems in epidemiology : mapping & analyzing occurrence of diarrhea in urban–residential area of Islamabad, Pakistan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Mirza Amir Liaquat Baig; [2017]
    Keywords : Islamabad; hotspots; GIS; geographic information system; disease; cluster; diarrhea; mapping; Pakistan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Almost 2 million people are living in Islamabad, significant number of workforce commute from neighboring areas and other parts of the country. The city is facing restraint on natural resources due to increased urban migration coupled with rapid population growth. READ MORE

  4. 3. Visualization-Aided Design of Water Infrastructures in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Evert Lagerberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Smart water management; informal settlements; urban de- velopment; Nairobi; information visualization;

    Abstract : Intermittent water supply is a major challenge in informal settlements (slums) in Nairobi, Kenya. Smart water man- agement is an emerging technology that uses sensory net- works for continuous monitoring of water infrastructure to detect anomalies and inform effective distribution of wa- ter resources. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sidi Moumen, from terror slum to open city

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Karolina Gustavsson; Jennie Luthander; [2014]
    Keywords : mass housing; social housing; slum upgrading; urban revitalization; urban renewal; sustainable urban design; spatial planning; urban planning; radicant design;

    Abstract : Due to rural – urban migration, mass housing has become an inevitable part in the development of cities but mass housing today does not conform to the norms of sustainable urbanism. Most mass housing areas are socially isolated, culturally inappropriate and environmentally unsustainable. READ MORE

  6. 5. A home for the excluded? A study about identity and belonging in Kibera slum

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

    Author : Tilda Kristersson; [2013]
    Keywords : Kenya; exclusion; slum; others; cosmopolitan neighbourliness; belonging; identity; HIV; Kibera; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With increasing migration to urban areas, Kenya is a country in change with new and challenging problems. Nairobi has a high population growth but a far from equal socio-economic development. As Nairobi continues to grow, so do the slum areas within the city and the slum Kibera has grown to be one of the largest in Africa. READ MORE