Sökning: "favelas"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade ordet favelas.
1. Social Entrepreneurship in the Favelas of Brazil: Challenges and Constraints
Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Sammanfattning : As global inequality reaches unprecedented levels, social entrepreneurship has emerged as a promising tool for addressing this and fighting some of the most challenging social issues of our time. This thesis seeks to dive into the specific challenges that social entrepreneurs encounter in low-income settings by conducting a case study in the favelas in Brazil, one of the world’s most widely recognized low-income areas. LÄS MER
2. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements – A multiple-case study of challenges and possibilities in the favelas and informal sector of Rio de Janeiro city
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystemSammanfattning : Today, about one billion people in the world live in informal settlements and lack access to basic services and city infrastructure. In Rio de Janeiro, approximately 1,4 million people, one fourth of the city population, live in informal settlements, in Brazil called favelas. LÄS MER
3. Life in Vila Laboriaux : a social and physical analysis shaped into guidelines for a Rio de Janeiro favela landscape development
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : The urbanization is a rapid movement that has been continuously increasing for the last one hundred years in several places around the world. In Brazil, poverty and urban migration have led to informal settlements, also known as favelas, in cities such as Rio de Janeiro. LÄS MER
4. Sowing hope, harvesting justice: How Vila Nova Esperança transformed the environment into an ally to claim rights
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUSSammanfattning : The presence of informal settlements in large cities of the developing world is a concrete expression of urban poverty. The residents of Brazilian favelas are more likely to be exposed to environmental risks, lower life quality and risks of eviction. LÄS MER
5. Vulnerability among children and youth in São Paulo. : A qualitative study of children living in a slum area, an occupied building and on the streets.
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/HHJ, Avd. för socialt arbeteSammanfattning : Children living in vulnerability as living on the street has been a well discussed issue for a long time. The importance of addressing the factors of why children are living in vulnerability along with what concrete actions that can be taken to help these children to a safer life have formed the ground for this study. LÄS MER
