What is the future of the ‘Megaslums’? Throughout the world, it is estimated that there may be up to 200,000 slums. These range from slums containing a few hundred to some which house as many as a million people. [Planet of the Slums: 2006: 26] It is these ‘Megaslums’, in particular the great slum capitals of South Asia which my essay will focus upon. Since their birth these “Metropolises” have grown exponentially and today this trend shows no sign of letting up. Swallowing up the hundreds
What I came up with was doing a fundraiser for an individual that was from Macomb, IL and had went to Kibera, Africa to serve the needs of the people. My vision was to raise money for the children of the community to provide them with housing, education, and food. I did not want this to be a me thing but to get the campus involved with something bigger then
However, despite these dwellers moving to improve their standard of living, urban growth poses a threat to sustainable development in urban areas, as it implies an increase in the consumption space (Williams 2000). The environmental impacts of urban growth have raised concerns among planners and stimulated other models of urban expansion such as "smart growth” (Mohammadi et al. 2012). Unfettered urbanisation has strained the ability of governments to manage with the increasing demands for housing
Eric Walter’s Walking Home was a riveting and inspiring story, which possessed a set of exceptional characteristics and passionate emotions in scenes and situations in the book such as suspense, insight, exhilaration, affection, sentiment, and optimism. For instance, suspense was demonstrated during Muchoki’s jittering encounter with the lion. It is insightful as the book conveyed the main ideas of perseverance, benevolence, and acceptance throughout the physically exhausting and demanding walk that
University education was never just a simple decision of attend or not attend; it was the stepping-stone from my parents’ expectation to achieving my own life’s goals. My father was born into a poor nomadic family and orphaned at a young age. He worked hard and by the time he was in his early twenties and became the Somali Councilor to Washington D.C and a few years later Ambassador to the United States. I learned that anything is possible epically since I have access to what he didn’t. Why do I
The saying “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps,” is a common one here in the United States. There is a stigma here that if one works hard enough, they can be anyone they want to be. A lot of people who believe that stigma, did not actually have to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. They were born on third base and think they hit a triple. According to an article in the Huffington Post, the richest one percent holds 46 percent of the world’s wealth. This one percent includes people
Evaluation Essay Working Thesis: Third world counties have limited opportunities to make a standardized, fair living with the options presented for working, living, and eating. Ted talks present two videos on the subject. Video one, by Noy Thrupkaew “Human Trafficking is all Around You. This is How It Works.” depicts a woman who is educated in the matter, passionate in her message, and has some relevant personal experience. Video two by Robert Neuwirth video “The Hidden World of Shadow City’s”
poor?” and was written in 2012 by Lori Robertson. In this article Lori has spooked with different people connected whit slum tourism, and because of that Lori article contains different views on slum tourism E.g. Lori has spooked whit Co- founder of Kibera Tours, Esther Bloemenkamp, how offers his travellers to see a different way of living and communities which are quite different from what they have seen before. This means that Esther has a positive attitude towards slum tourism But Lori has also
million people live without water in their homes –, the population also has no legal status, as the settlements are often illegal (Shi Yun, 2014). This has raised many human issues in other major slums in the world, like Dharavi in Mumbai, India, Kibera in Nairobi, Nigeria, and the Brazilian favelas. Overall, since the beginning of the 20th century, more than one billion people live in slums (Murphy, 2003). The difference of scales between both worlds is due to the weak government control and planning
In 1968 Paul Ehrlich published a book entitled The Population Bomb in which he predicted that the approaching population explosion would result in worldwide famine, severe environmental degradation, a life expectancy reduced by 42 years and absolute global destruction. Predictions such as these have led to global hysteria concerning overpopulation even in the midst of dramatically declining birth rates in developed nations. In fact, the fertility rates of many Western nations, such as the United
The environment and health are very closely linked. The environment in which we inhabit and go about our daily lives, directly impacts on our physical, mental and social well-being. There are biological, chemical and physical factors that can affect human health in a physical and mental way. The World Health Organisation states that "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO 1948), meaning that although many factors
GLOBAL PRACTICES: TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE INDIAN “DUKA SYSTEM” INFLUENCED KENYAS DEVELOPMENT. Kenya displays beautiful modern and traditional architecture. It boasts an array of charmingly designed mosques, temples shrines and monumental buildings from the earlier years, some of which are said to have come as a result of India’s presence in Kenya. This already sets the scene of how strong India’s influence on Kenya was. The impact of the ‘Indian architecture’ in Kenya is