Exploring the effectiveness of in situ upgrading on improving the quality of life : a case study of Slovo Park informal settlement [PDF]
, 2020 : Globally, the urban population is predicted to reach 6.5 billion by 2050. Various studies have shown that in sub-Saharan Africa approximately 14 million people migrate to urban areas every year. Of this number, about 61.7% live in informal settlements.
Maganadisa, Kedibone Precious
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Using COVID-19 as a lens to examine assumptions about urban informality
Global Social Challenges JournalThis article examines some key concepts that dominated academic discussion of the likely impact of COVID-19 on informal settlements. The literature identified various factors including, inter alia density, crowding, overcrowding and connectivity, used ...
David Everatt
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Re/Claiming Agency: Learning, Liminality and Immigrant Service Organizations
Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2008 To facilitate the settlement of new immigrants, immigrant service organizations provide a range of services and opportunities for both formal and informal learning.
Tara Gibb, Evelyn Hamdon, Zenobia Jamal
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An overview of top-down vs. bottom-up models for informal settlement upgrading in South Africa [PDF]
, 2016 The paper explores informal settlement upgrading approaches in South Africa and presents a review of top-down vs. bottom-up models, using experience and lessons learned from the Durban metropolitan area. Reflections on past upgrading efforts suggest that
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PENYELESAIAN KASUS KORUPSI SECARA INFORMAL PADA PEMERINTAHAN NAGARI DI SUMATERA BARAT
Masalah-Masalah Hukum, 2013 The purpose of research is to analyze the settlement of cases of corruption in the government through informal villages. Approach to the problems that used descriptive-analytical.
Fitriati Fitriati, Sjafaruddin Tamin
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Temperature and heat in informal settlements in Nairobi
PLOS ONE, 2017 Nairobi, au Kenya, présente une grande variété de microclimats et de surfaces hétérogènes. Les routes pavées et les immeubles de grande hauteur parsemés de végétation basse caractérisent le quartier central des affaires, tandis que les grands quartiers d'établissements informels ou « bidonvilles » sont caractérisés par des logements denses en étain ...
Anna A. Scott +10 more
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Inventraset assemblages: The spatial logic of informal street vending, transport and settlement
Urban informality remains a central challenge for those engaged in understanding and transforming global South cities. There have been calls to develop new conceptual language geared to this challenge and much debate around the degree to which it might ...
Recio, RB, Dovey, K
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Fire spread between two informal settlement dwellings (Test 10)
, 2020 This is Test 10 among the 13 experiments, which is an experiment of double dwellings.Wang, Yu; Beshir, Mohamed; Hadden, Rory; Cicione, Antonio; Krajcovic, Michal; Rush, David. (2020).
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H2Open JournalThis research aimed to assess household water sources and sanitation services at Stoneridge informal settlement using the WHO/UNICEF JMP framework. A mixed-methods research design was adopted, including water point mapping, field investigations, and a ...
Tendai Hardwork Madzaramba +1 more
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Methods for improvement of informal settlement in Kabul City, Afghanistan [PDF]
, 2019 Afghanistan witnessed rapid urbanization in recent decades due to the post-war recovery process. When the war ended in 2001 by the fall of Taliban regime, most of Afghans refugees returned back to urban areas of Afghanistan especially in Kabul city ...
Rezayee, Maqsood
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