Search for dissertations about: "urban informal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the words urban informal.

  2. 1. New urban horizons in Africa : A critical analysis of changing land uses in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

    Author : Lena Fält; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Jennifer Robinson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; African cities; urban redevelopment; urban informality; urban land use; urban planning; spatial governance; new cities; evictions; socio-spatial segregation; qualitative case studies; fieldwork; critical urban theory; governmentality; post-colonial urban theory; Accra; Ghana; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Abstract : African cities increasingly aspire global recognition and this has prompted a rapid transformation of the built environment in many urban locales. This thesis provides empirical and conceptual insights into this recent trend through a critical analysis of contemporary land use changes in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. READ MORE

  4. 2. Housing clusters for densification within an upgrading strategy : the case of Kampala, Uganda

    Author : Assumpta Nnaggenda-Musana; Dick Urban Vestbro; Tumsifu Nnkya; KTH; []
    Keywords : low-income housing; home-based enterprises; house types; residential density; urban sprawl; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The process of urbanisation in the urban centres of most sub-Saharan African countries has been brought about by numerous factors including rural to urban migration, natural increase in population, and in-migration. In Uganda due to these factors the capital city Kampala is growing rapidly. READ MORE

  5. 3. Peri-Urban Land Tenure in Ethiopia

    Author : Achamyeleh Gashu Adam; Peter Ekbäck; Erling Berge; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ethiopia; formal; informal; land tenure; peri-urban; peri-urbanization; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande;

    Abstract : Urban areas in Ethiopia have been growing very quickly in recent decades, which haveled to ever increasing demand for land in peri-urban areas for housing and other nonagriculturalactivities. This has had several transformative impacts on the transitionalperi-urban, areas including engulfment of local communities and conversion of landrights and use from an agricultural to a built-up property rights system. READ MORE

  6. 4. Surviving in the city : The urban poor of Santiago de Chile 1930-1970

    Author : Alejandro González Arriagada; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; urban poverty; survival; strategies; informal; marginality; exclusion; Santiago; Chile; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the survival patterns of the urban poor in Santiago de Chile during a period of profound structural changes (1930-1970). Using a qualitative approach and a dynamic analysis, the life histories of 54 interviewees are studied in the framework of the historical, economic, social and cultural conditions of the period. READ MORE

  7. 5. Relatedness put in place : on the effects of proximity on firm performance

    Author : Lisa Östbring; Urban Lindgren; Rikard Eriksson; Thomas Brenner; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive proximity; labor mobility; knowledge; plant performance; relatedness; proximity dimensions; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to recent theorizations in economic geography on the effects of proximity on firm competitiveness. One of the great challenge in the contemporary economy is for firms to remain competitive. Their innovative ability is highly dependent on the knowledge they possess and their ability to acquire new knowledge. READ MORE