Essays about: "use of space in informal settlements"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words use of space in informal settlements.
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1. Promoting a better public health quality with urban green space in an informal settlement, Bogota, Colombia
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Heat waves, rising temperatures, air pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of issues that will and are already rising due to climate change. The urban environment is one that continues to steadily grow at the cost of natural vegetation in the city, and this will only worsen with population growth. READ MORE
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2. Public place, female space : a proposed structure plan for Kihinani, Zanzibar which includes women in the planning process
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The urban population is rapidly expanding and Africa has the fastest growing population in the world. Zanzibar Town is the urban, densely populated area in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous island state in Tanzania. During the last fifty years, the population has increased by 630% in the city. READ MORE
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3. Puzzle pavement : a competition project for better streetscapes in unpaved informal settlements
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The developing world’s population is becoming more and more urbanized in a very rapid pace. The urbanization combined with a too normative city planning and use of inefficient approaches from governments has in many cases led to the formation of informal settlements, where 860 million people lived in the year of 2013. READ MORE
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4. Greening Potosí : making use of green infrastructure in a dense, informal settlement of Bogotá
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Today more people are living in urban areas than in rural and the global trend of urbanization is rapidly increasing. In Colombia, around 76 per cent of the population is living in urban areas, most of them in the capital city Bogotá. READ MORE
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5. Msimbazi Wetland Park : restoration of an urban flood plain in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Degradation of urban river systems is a global problem that poses challenges in Tanzania and other low-income countries, as well as in the rest of the world. To a large extent this is a result of fast urbanization, pollution and floods, that changes and deteriorate natural riverine systems and their ecosystems. READ MORE
