Sökning: "Urban Informality"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 uppsatser innehållade orden Urban Informality.

  1. 1. Att flytta en hundraåring. En studie om omlokaliseringen av kulturinstitutionen Göteborgs Konsthall

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Författare :Emma Jonasson; Sara Winberg; [2023-05-23]
    Nyckelord :Urban development; Accessibility; Cultural capital; Post-democratic culture; Gentrification; The creative class;

    Sammanfattning : In this essay, we investigate how culture can be used in political decisions and in urban transformation in Gothenburg. To exemplify this, we use Göteborgs Konsthall and its relocation to Slakthuset in Gamlestaden. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Understanding Access to Clean Cooking Fuels in Kenya

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Författare :Manuel Enrique Salas Salazar; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Adoption of clean cooking fuels is conditioned by factors known as barriers and enablers, which characterize the decision-making environment of a household. Access to clean cooking is a target part of the Sustainable Development Goals, yet it currently stands at 19.5% in Kenya. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Transit Oriented Development in India : On the right track to a more sustainable urban future?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Författare :David Magnusson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Transit oriented development; India; Sustainability; Urban informality; Development plan;

    Sammanfattning : This paper investigates the introduction of transit oriented development (TOD) as a sustainable urban planning concept in India. The possible benefits and specific challenges of its implementation in the Indian context are evaluated as well as the prospects of fulfilling its goal of improving urban sustainability. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Female paid domestic work in Lima : A contemporary case study on informality and changed forms of emploment

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Författare :Inger Magnusson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Feminized domestic work; forms of employment; informality; devaluation; female empowerment; autonomy and economic independence; feminist care economy and human capital theory;

    Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis on the paid feminized domestic work is to describe the two current forms of employment of the live-inside maids and the live-outside domestic workers of paid domestic work in Lima Peru. The live-inside employment, cama adentro is the traditional form of maids living inside the household, and secondly, the live-outside employment, cama afuera, describes the working woman as an independent worker who lives outside the household. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Women, Urban Informality and Collective Resistance : A case study on the value of self-help groups for marginalised women in Mathare informal area, Nairobi

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Författare :Saale Kaubi; [2023]
    Nyckelord :self-help groups; marginalised women; informal settlements; urban growth; collective resistance; advancement of women; social capital; social network; Nairobi; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Rapid urban growth has brought along various social, economic, and environmental issues, including the expansion of informal settlements – deprived areas lacking proper housing, basic services, and safety. Informal areas, inequalities and exclusion are common features in Nairobi, where more than half of the population is residing in slums. LÄS MER