Sökning: "human settlements"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade orden human settlements.

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

    Författare :Jenny Cadstedt; Gunilla Andrae; Kerstin Bodström; Lusugga Kironde; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :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;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

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

    Författare :Lena Fält; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Jennifer Robinson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :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;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

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

    Författare :Edson Sanga; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  5. 4. ‘Station communities’ as a strategy for sustainable regional development: A case study of small towns with train stations in the Västra Götaland region, Sweden : ’Stationssamhällen’ som en strategi för hållbar regional utveckling: En fallstudie av små samhällen med en tågstation i Västra Götalandsregionen, Sverige

    Författare :Charlotta Capitao Patrao; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable regional development; spatial planning; sparse settlement structures; TOD; collaboration; local prerequisites; case study research;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns sustainable regional structures and takes its point of departure in regional development. It focuses on small towns along railway lines in sparse settlement structures, and on the interplay between land-use planning and transport planning. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Utjordar och ödegårdar : en studie i retrogressiv metod

    Författare :Olof Karsvall; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The crisis of the Late Middle Ages is still an ongoing discussion. Desertion of small isolated settlements in woodlands is a well known fact. In villages and hamlets, however, desertion is hidden because holdings were merged (partial desertion). LÄS MER