Why do people live in Guinaw Rails South?
(2013) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBR920 20121Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
- Abstract
- Guinaw Rails South is situated in the Dakar region in Senegal and is constantly exposed to dangers such as floods, insecurity and diseases. This study shows that people live in this high-risk informal settlement because of four main reasons. Those are family, economic situation, own house and work or education. The study was conducted with a Grounded theory approach and based on interviews with people living in the area.
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- author
- Axelsson, Jenny LU and Linge, Martin
- supervisor
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- Per Becker LU
- organization
- course
- VBR920 20121
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Hazard, floods, grounded theory, risk reduction, Senegal, Pikine, Guinaw Rails, informal settlement, urbanization, high-risk community
- publication/series
- LUTVDG/TVBB
- report number
- 5411
- ISSN
- 1402-3504
- language
- English
- id
- 3519851
- date added to LUP
- 2013-05-02 20:35:38
- date last changed
- 2014-03-10 10:40:44
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