Sökning: "poverty planning"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden poverty planning.

  1. 1. PRO-POOR PLANNING: A Tool for Strategic Territorial Planning and a Conceptual Framework Drawn from Studies in Colombia and Costa Rica

    Författare :Carlos de la Espriella; Boende och bostadsutveckling; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Poverty Reduction; Statistical Information; Social Housing; Urban Governance; Urbanization; Poverty Impact Assessments; Poverty Mapping; Local Authorities; Poverty; Integrated Urban Planning; Inequality; Geographic Information Systems; Decentralization; Costa Rica; Census Microdata; Colombia; Urban Residential Segregation; Urban Planning;

    Sammanfattning : Few planning practices in the South seem to be equipped with key concepts and technical, empirical and administrative capacities required to comprehend and visualize the phenomenon of poverty at inter- and intra-urban levels, which compromises their ability to inform decision-makers on the effects on poverty reduction of the land-based actions they design, implement and monitor. This challenge was addressed from conceptual, technical, empirical, and administrative angles, which correspond to the research objectives. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Managing Urban Disaster Risk: Analysis and Adaptation Frameworks for Integrated Settlement Development Programming for the Urban Poor

    Författare :Christine Wamsler; Boende och bostadsutveckling; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; poverty reduction; urban planning; vulnerability; adaptation; settlement development planning; development assistance; disaster; social housing; disaster risk management; prevention; mainstreaming; El Salvador; mitigation; risk accumulation; risk reduction;

    Sammanfattning : The damage caused by the dramatic worldwide increase in ‘natural’ disasters is staggering, with the poor in developing countries being most at risk. Disasters make their already precarious living conditions worse, creating a vicious circle of poverty from which they find it hard to escape. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Områdesbaserad politik – möjligheter till strukturell förändring : Lokalt utvecklingsarbete i marginaliserade bostadsområden i Malmö

    Författare :Sandra Karlsson; Hans Westlund; Maria Håkansson; Irene Molina; Ingemar Elander; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; area-based initiatives; marginalised neighbourhoods; Malmö; structural change; social problems; social constructions of target groups; poverty; segregation; social sustainability; inter-sectorial cooperation; social mobilisation; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : In 1995 the Swedish government launched the first area-based initiative Special initiatives in immigrant-dense neighbourhoods as a response to the current debate concerning the failings of the integration policy. The area-based policy and projects undertake the mission to reverse the trend in marginalized neighbourhoods in Sweden’s major cities from 1995 to 2014. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Alternative agriculture and rural development: A case study of sugar beet cultivation in Kenya

    Författare :Nicodemus Mandere; Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Challenges; Prospects; Household income; Poverty; Sugar beet; Kenya; Alternative agriculture;

    Sammanfattning : Land use change has been observed to cause profound impacts on sustainability, particularly when the change is not well planned and co-coordinated. In Kenya the government is promoting diversification of crops to embrace high value crops and drought resistant crop varieties in efforts to reduce poverty in rural areas. LÄS MER

  7. 5. From Public Pipes to Private Hands : Water Access and Distribution in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Författare :Marianne Kjellén; Gunilla Andrae; Matthias Finger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; leakage; poverty; privatization; public utility regulation; spaghettization; urban water management; water vending; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi;

    Sammanfattning : In cities around the world, public water systems have increasingly come to be operated by private companies. Along with an internationally funded investment program to refurbish the dilapidated water infrastructure, private operations were tested also in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. LÄS MER