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Monitoring household upgrading in unplanned settlements with unmanned aerial vehicles

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2020
In-situ slum upgrading projects include infrastructural improvements such as new roads, which are perceived to improve the quality of life for the residents and encourage structural improvements at a household level.
Caroline M. Gevaert, Claudio Persello, Richard Sliuzas, George Vosselman   +3 more
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Urban innovation in the informal city: overlapping infrastructures, co-production and sector coupling in a South African informal settlement

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
Informal settlements face significant infrastructural challenges, exemplified by limited electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa. We present insights from a 2020–23 research program in a South African informal settlement that highlighted the importance ...
Federico Caprotti, Jiska de Groot, Catherine Butler, Whitney Pailman, Norman Mathebula, Hendrik Schloemann, Alex Densmore   +6 more
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Image-Based Reconstruction of Informal Settlements [PDF]

, 1997
ISBN:978-3-7643-5788 ...
Mason, Scott, Baltsavias, Emmanuel P.
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Manifestations of 'capabilities poverty' with learners attending informal settlement schools

South African Journal of Education, 2009
In this study I use the notion of 'capabilities poverty', as theorised by Sen, to examine the experiences of learners attending informal settlement schools in North-West Province, South Africa.
Rouaan Maarman
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From informal settlements to multi-storey buildings: exploring the implementation of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP). A case study of Princess Informal Settlement

, 2022
A dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Development Planning to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, 2022Urbanization is a contributing factor to
Mahlalela, Ndumiso Donald
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Sustainable development goal 11.1 in the Caribbean: assessing informal settlement upgrading in Trinidad and Tobago

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
The study had the purpose of holistically assessing informal settlement upgrading in the Caribbean, due to Trinidad and Tobago's high prevalence of housing informality.
Jabari Hollis Jacob, Julia R. Kotzebue
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Mobile GIS occupancy audit of Ulana informal settlement in Ekurhuleni municipality, South Africa

Geo-spatial Information Science, 2018
Relocating people in informal settlements and upgrading the lives of those people require consistent commitment, good strategies, and supporting systems. In South Africa, in order to allocate subsidized housing to beneficiaries of an informal settlement,
Baleseng Tlholohelo Mokoena, Walter Musakwa   +1 more
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Sustainable Informal Settlements?

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
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HIV-Prevalence in South Africa by settlement type: A repeat population-based cross-sectional analysis of men and women.

PLoS ONE, 2020
To assess i) whether there is an independent association between HIV-prevalence and settlement types (urban formal, urban informal, rural formal, rural informal), and, ii) whether this changes over time, in South Africa. We draw on four (2002; 2005; 2008;
Andrew Gibbs, Tarylee Reddy, Kristin Dunkle, Rachel Jewkes   +3 more
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How CoDesign mediates authorship in informal settlement projects

How is authorship actually experienced and negotiated when architecture students and community researchers collaborate in an informal settlement?
Carin Combrinck
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