Essays about: "urban slum areas"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 essays containing the words urban slum areas.

1. 11. Towards sustainable sanitation in slum areas : A field study in Mumbai

   University essay from Maskinkonstruktion; Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Emma Larsson; Maja Nilsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Sustainable Sanitation; Mumbai; Field Study; Product Development; Sanitary Techniques; Sanitary Situation; India; Slum Residents; Slum Areas; Sanitation;

   Abstract : Globally, there are 2.5 billion people who do not have access to improved sanitation. One third of these people are living in India. Bad sanitation is both undignified and causes the spread of diseases like diarrhoea. READ MORE

3. 12. VOICES FROM THE SLUM- A study of perceptions amongst rural migrants in Kibera, Nairobi

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

   Author : Anna Ovesson; [2013]
   Keywords : Rural-Urban Migration; Perceptions; Movements; Urban; Social Bonds; Slum; Kibera; Residential Satisfaction; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Migration and urbanisation have a great impact on many Less Developed Countries. However, limited research has been focusing on the relationship between urbanisation and rapidly growing slum populations. READ MORE

4. 13. 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. 14. Gendered spaces : a socio-spatial study in the informal settlement Dharavi in Mumbai

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

   Author : Helena Ohlsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Slum; informal settlements; urban planning; use of space; gender; urban form; hierarchy of spaces; gender-sensitive urban design; India; Dharavi.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relation between built form and sociocultural relationships with Dharavi in Mumbai as a case. The study explores gender segregation and the relation between use of space and urban form and in what way the built structure and its functions influence the everyday life. READ MORE

6. 15. Influence of Urban Form on Co-presence in Public Space : A Space Syntax Analysis of Informal Settlements in Pune, India

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Joel Hernbäck; [2012]
   Keywords : Urban form; space syntax; public space; informal settlements; slum; unplanned built environment; gender.;

   Abstract : This master thesis is intended as a contribution to the understanding of the influence urban form has on urban life and by extension social structures in society, by focusing on gender relations and their reflections on the use of public space. In addition, the aim of the study is to do so in relation to a comparison between two different types of urban environments; one slum area that can be regarded as formally unplanned with an irregular gradually grown street network and one slum area of more deliberately planned character with a more regular street grid. READ MORE