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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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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.
Haitao Ma, Lisheng Weng
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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 A Khalifa
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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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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 +1 more
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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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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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A Validated Framework for Characterising Informal Settlements: Two Cases from Greater Cairo, Egypt
Buildings, 2023 There have been significant research studies on informal settlements within various disciplines including sociology, economy, politics, governance, and urbanism. However, little is known about the complexity and dynamism of informal settlements.
Asser Bakhaty +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Informal settlement mapping is essential for planning, as well as resource and utility management. Developing efficient ways of determining the properties of informal settlements (when, where, and who) is critical for upgrading services and planning ...
Ahmad Fallatah +3 more
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