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Basic infrastructure in informal settlements in Kenya

, 1998
Basic infrastructure in informal settlements in ...
Michael M. Majale (7218698)
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'Normal' Informal living spaces in low-income human settlements in South Africa

, 2016
Housing delivery remains a major burden on the South African government. The ever increasing backlog of delivering standard housing to the low-income sector remains, and the unwanted informal settlements continue to increase in the urban areas.
Loggia, C, Ojo-Aromokudu, Georgiadou, M.C.   +2 more
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Water and Sanitation Services for Informal Settlements in Honiara, Solomon Islands

, 2019
The objective of this study was to inform Solomon Water of potential service delivery models for the expansion of water and sanitation services in informal settlements in Honiara.
Souter, Regina, Orams, Pablo
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Informal settlement dwellings mapped from LiDAR for selected informal settlements in Cape Town

, 2020
This dataset consists of polygons delineating informal dwelling roofs for selected informal settlements in Cape Town. The polygons were derived from LiDAR data made available from the City of Cape Town and mapped by Adedayo Adeleke of University of Cape ...
Adeleke, Adedayo
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Upgrading of Informal Settlements: An Assessment with Reference to the Application of ‘Breaking New Ground’ in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Town and Regional Planning, 2009
The inadequacy of human settlements in South Africa is manifestly seen in the growth of informal settlements in all major cities and towns. Although there has been a history of informal settlement upgrading this has not been wide spread, nor has it been ...
Neil Klug, Shahid Vawda
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An investigation of the factors underlying informal settlement growth: The case of Burayu City, Ethiopia

Heliyon
Informal settlements in developing countries' cities are becoming more and more widespread. The city of Burayu is no exception to this trend. To address the challenges involved, it is important to understand the reasons for the prevalence and ...
Tefera Beyera Bayuma, Birhanu Girma Abebe   +1 more
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Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya? [PDF]

Parental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. The paper uses a dataset that provides information from the respondent parent on child morbidity both in the rural
Konseiga, Adama
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Profiling informal settlements for disaster risks

, 2018
Informal settlements, where mostly the urban poor reside, tend to be located in hotspots of natural hazards such as floods, fire, earthquakes and tsunamis.
Matthew Abunyewah (21140900), Thayaparan Gajendran (21136454), Kim Maund (21133283)   +2 more
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WATER, SANITATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN FRINGE SETTLEMENTS IN NIGERIA [PDF]

The importance of water and sanitation facilities has been reflected in the measurement of human development and in their inclusion in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Yekeen A. SANUSI
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Variation in Land Surface Temperature in Informal Settlements Relative to Surrounding Heterogeneous Areas: Insights from Dunoon and Masiphumelele, Cape Town

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Informal settlements are home to more than one billion people worldwide, with forecasts suggesting this number may increase to nearly three billion by 2050.
Nhlanhla Ntsevu, Masilonyane Mokhele
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