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Governance of urban informal settlements in Africa: A scoping review

Heliyon
This scoping review examines the challenges in the governance of informal settlements in Africa and the existing interactions among different stakeholders.
Behailu Mulate Ewnetu, Bo Kyong Seo
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From Informal Settlements to sustainable communities

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, Hanan Gamil Elsayed
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FORMS OF INFORMALITY AND ADAPTATIONS IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS [PDF]

International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR, 2016
Informal settlements have become integral to the urban imagery of the cities across the global South. Forms of urban informality emerge and grow through some generative processes of self-organisation and incremental adaptations. While formal interventions have often failed to put an end to such a resilient and complex type of urbanism, the desire for ...
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Causes of informal settlements in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality: An exploration

Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2017
This article aims to explore the causes of informal settlements in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM). The article strongly challenges the view that the cause of informal settlements in EMM and other parts of South Africa is predominantly the ...
Noah K. Marutlulle
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
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Sustainable Informal Settlements?

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
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Identifying the Spatial Coverage of Informal Settlements in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for Better Management and Policy Directions

Urban Science
Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia and one of the fastest-expanding cities in Africa, is undergoing rapid urbanization which has led to acute housing scarcity and a growth of informal settlements.
Melaku Eticha Taye, Elias Yitbarek Alemayehu, Mintesnot Woldeamanuel   +2 more
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
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Image-Based Reconstruction of Informal Settlements [PDF]

, 1997
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Mason, Scott, Baltsavias, Emmanuel P.
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THE NATURE OF LAND CONFLICTS IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS: EXPERIENCE FROM REGUARIZATION PROJECTS, THE CASE OF DAR ES SALAM, TANZANIA.

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Land conflicts remain the major character of informal settlements in urban areas. This paper explores the nature and characteristics of land conflicts in areas with informal settlements as experienced from regularization projects in Tanzania.
PAULO KITOSI
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