Search for dissertations about: "informal settlements"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words informal settlements.

  2. 6. Sprawl and the City : house types in the formal and informal settlements of Kampala

    Author : Assumpta Nnaggenda-Musana; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

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  4. 7. Influence and Invisibility : Tenants in Housing Provision in Mwanza City, Tanzania

    Author : Jenny Cadstedt; Gunilla Andrae; Kerstin Bodström; Lusugga Kironde; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rental tenure; tenants; housing provision; housing career; housing strategy; housing policy; urban planning; Sustainable Cities Programme; unplanned settlements; community participation; citizenship; secure tenure; Mwanza; Tanzania; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : A high proportion of urban residents in Tanzanian cities are tenants who rent rooms in privately owned houses in unplanned settlements. However, in housing policy and in urban planning rental tenure gets very little attention. This study focuses on the reasons for and consequences of this discrepancy between policy and practice. READ MORE

  5. 8. Urban places for recreation – beyond dogmatic practices : case of Manzese Informal settlement Dar es Salaam

    Author : Edson Sanga; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The planning and designing of cities to include urban open spaces for recreation is recognised as vital in human life. Since the middle of the 19th century, professional ideas and approaches have been used in the provision of urban open spaces. READ MORE

  6. 9. Caught Between Spaces : Socio-Environmental Vulnerability in Formal and Informal Peri-Urban Bogotá and Soacha, Colombia

    Author : Sandra Valencia; LUCSUS; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peri-urban area; urban-rural interface; socio-environmental change; wellbeing; vulnerability; Colombia; Bogotá; Soacha; informality; formalization; political ecology; stadsnära; periurbana områden; periurbanisering; Colombia; formalisering; informell bosättning;

    Abstract : The world is rapidly urbanizing. To contribute to the understanding of the socio-environmental changes brought about by urban sprawl and densification, this thesis examines wellbeing and vulnerability in low-income peri-urban areas in and around Bogotá, Colombia. READ MORE

  7. 10. Urban types in rapidly urbanising cities

    Author : John Modestus Lupala; KTH; []
    Keywords : urban types; hourse forms; densily; plot characteristics; spaces and space use; spatial quality; formal and informal settlement; dar es salaam;

    Abstract : One of the challenges confronting cities innon-industrialised countries today is the fact that cities aregrowing at unprecedented rates, sizes and densities. Growthtrends in these cities are largely unregulated. READ MORE