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Flood vulnerability in township informal settlements [PDF]
JàmbáMigration has shaped townships into hubs of urban informality that are characterised by the propagation of informal settlements. With their expansion, informal settlements have become increasingly vulnerable to the devastating impacts of hazards.
Sazi W. Gcabashe, Sareesha Pillay
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Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2015 The issue of informal settlements represents a key challenge not only in Egypt, but also worldwide. A review of informal settlements upgrading policies shows that governments have moved away from eradication policies to provision, enabling and ...
Marwa Khalifa
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Mapping informal settlement indicators using object-oriented analysis in the Middle East
International Journal of Digital Earth, 2019 Mapping informal settlements is crucial for resource and utility management and planning. In 2003, the UN-Habitat developed a process for mapping and monitoring urban inequality to support reporting against the sustainable development goals (SDGs ...
Ahmad Fallatah, Simon Jones
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Household determinants of healthcare utilisation in three informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjective Healthcare utilisation (HU) is key to improving the health of residents in urban informal settlements. This study aimed to explore household-level factors influencing HU among informal settlement households in Freetown, Sierra Leone.Design ...
Helen Elsey +22 more
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From Informal Settlements to sustainable communities
AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2018 Informal Settlements and urban informality is a serious and common problem in Third World countries. These settlements are not marginal actors in the real estate market.
Dina Mamdouh Nassar
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Informal Settlements: A New Understanding for Governance and Vulnerability Study
Urban ScienceThis review examines current knowledge in the literature on informal settlements, specifically those contributions that include emphases on governance and the role of public administration.
Christopher L. Atkinson
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Collaborating With Communities: Citizen Science Flood Monitoring in Urban Informal Settlements
Urban Planning, 2021 Concerns regarding the impacts of climate change on marginalised communities in the Global South have led to calls for affected communities to be more active as agents in the process of planning for climate change.
Erich Wolff +4 more
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Mapping and Assessment of Housing Informality Using Object-Based Image Analysis: A Review
Urban Science, 2023 Research on the detection of informal settlements has increased in the past three decades owing to the availability of high- to very-high-spatial-resolution satellite imagery.
Naledzani Mudau, Paidamwoyo Mhangara
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Governance Strategies for Informal Settlements in China: The Case of Guangzhou
Buildings, 2022 Informal settlements in developing countries have attracted widespread attention, and existing research is mainly concerned with the causes and evolution of informal settlements.
Jinkun Yang +3 more
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Town and Regional Planning, 2021 The need to address the challenge of housing demand in cities has not recorded much success. Informal settlements keep springing up in cities of developing countries in a bid to meet this need.
Chioma John-Nsa
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