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Addressing the Social Challenges of Solid Informal Settlements and their Impacts on Residents' Behavior: A Case Study of Constantine [PDF]

Ziglôbitha
: This study investigates the negative impacts of solid informal settlements on Constantine's residents and proposes realistic solutions within a robust legal framework.
Nadira BOUGUEBS & Antar BOULAHDID
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Why do some informal settlements fare better than others? A mixed-methods analysis of water and sanitation inequities across informal settlements

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Over three hundred million people in South Asian cities live in informal settlements. The administrative and socio-economic contexts in which these informal settlements emerge exhibit significant heterogeneity, influencing their access to water and ...
Hassaan Furqan Khan
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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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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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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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A baseline assessment for future impact evaluation of informal settlements targeted for upgrading: study report

, 2021
The baseline assessment study for the future impact evaluation of informal settlements targeted for upgrading set out to collect data for use by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) to address the following: Strengthen implementation and improve

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Conceptual risk model for fire risk in informal settlements of Cape Town

, 2020
This dataset contains fire risk data for informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa. The geographic dataset in shapefile format consists of polygons of informal settlements in the City of Cape Town with attributable risk metrics.
Gibson, Lesley, Rush, David, Stevens, Samuel   +2 more
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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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Novel Coronavirus in Cape Town Informal Settlements: Feasibility of Using Informal Dwelling Outlines to Identify High Risk Areas for COVID-19 Transmission From A Social Distancing Perspective

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2020
BackgroundThe challenges faced by the Global South during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are compounded by the presence of informal settlements, which are typically densely populated and lacking in formalized sanitation infrastructure ...
Gibson, Lesley, Rush, David
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Project Management and Skills Enhancement in Informal Settlements Upgrading in Durban, South Africa [PDF]

, 2017
One in eight people live in informal settlements, of which 80% is found in developing countries. In South Africa, around 50% of the population lives in urban centres, where more than 2,700 informal settlements exist.
Loggia, C., Georgiadou, M.C.
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