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Showing 1 to 20 of 253 for “"Informal settlements"”.
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Solid waste management in informal settlements of Windhoek
… the management of solid waste in the three informal settlements of Windhoek, which are Babylon, Okahandja Park and Okuryangava. Before independence, the apartheid government forbade natural urban expansion in "black" suburbs. This resulted in grossly overcrowded conditions, often with an …
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Urbanization of agricultural land : informal settlements in Cairo
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1981.
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Wildfire Risk Management for Informal Settlements in Chile
… the critical intersection of wildfire risk and informal settlement development in Chile, focusing on the municipality of Viña del Mar. This city experienced the deadliest wildfires in the nation’s history in 2024 and holds the nation’s highest concentration of informal settlements. Despite this …
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Sustainable Living: Integrating Climate Adaptation in Bangkok's Informal Settlements
… using the case of At Narong in Khlong Toei, an informal settlement of over 30,000 residents who rent lands adjacent to the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) in Bangkok. The PAT plans to evict the slum dwellers and develop the land, posing a severe threat to their lives and livelihoods. The thesis …
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Empowerment: A Hegemonic Approach for Women in Informal Settlements
Informal settlements are often a challenge to planning. However, such settlements provide shelter and employment to many low- and middle-income households. Some argue that informality should be regulated, organized, and prepared for integration into formal urbanization. Others believe that …
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Implementing sanitation for informal settlements: conflicting rationalities in South Africa
… the delivery of sanitation services in Cape Town informal settlements, I found that disputes among municipal implementers, policy beneficiaries and social advocates about broadly framed policy, as well as policy gaps in servicing informal settlements, contributed to the City's failure to achieve …
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The alternative space : informal settlements and life chances in Belém, Brazil
Informal settlements have usually been seen as chaotic and disordered spaces in cities of the developing world and, from the elites’ perspective, something to be ashamed of. There is a great deal of knowledge about their economic causes; however, little is known about the underlying spatial …
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Stakeholder Management in the Upgrading of the Informal Settlements of Windhoek
… across the whole country and the growth of the informal settlements is threatening to overtake the country. The Namibian Government has launched various programmes to address the ever-increasing housing crisis. However, these initiatives have fallen short of their objectives, and as a result, …
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Project implementation profile tool applied to upgrading informal settlements programme projects
… (PIP) and explores its relevance to Upgrading Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) type projects in Cape Town. The research aims to: • Identify the most common PIP Critical Success Factors (CSF) for UISP projects, • Compare the common PIP Critical Success Factors (CSF) for UISP projects to the …
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Adaptable Housing: A Sustainable Architectural Solution to Informal Settlements in the Caribbean
… about the potential to formally design for informality, about the role of the architect in the community, and about the preservation of cultural identities made evident through the tangibility of the built environment. Above all else, this thesis advocates for the socio-economic growth of …
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Cairo Contracted: Investigating the ᶜAshwā’iyyāt (Informal Settlements) through the Dynamics of Construction
… is the prevalence of its so-called informal settlements, the ‘Ashwā'iyyāt, which accommodate a staggering 70 percent of Cairenes, and are in many ways illegally constructed. While Cairo’s informal areas can be regarded as a concentration of problems typically existing in cities of …
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Causes of malnutrition among children 1 - 5 years in informal settlements, Windhoek, Namibia
… conducted during the month of May 2006 in the informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia. The aim of the study was to describe the prevalence of malnutrition among children between the ages of one and five years and to correlate possible causes, and other factors, with nutritional status
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Food innsecurity and quality of life in informal settlements of Katutura, Windhoek, Namibia
… for many there is no alternative but to live in informal settlements. Urban food insecurity is often overlooked since at aggregate level, economic and social conditions in urban areas are much better than those in rural areas. The urban poor often live in neighborhoods with poor sanitation, high …
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The efficacy of government strategies towards improving informal settlements in Rustenburg local municipality
It is important to understand the propagation of informal settlements. They do not only represent the high housing demand but also its effects on the development and transformation of South Africa if remaining unimproved. Several studies divulge that informal settlements do not only serve as a …
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Food deserts and household food insecurity in the informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia
… of poverty and food insecurity in the growing informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia. Rapid urbanization in Windhoek has been accompanied by limited industrialization with few job opportunities in the formal employment sector. Moreover, the informal sector has not been able to absorb the …
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A review of infrastructure services for the upgrading of South African informal settlements
Informal settlements are rapidly growing around South Africa's urban centres. With the current housing policy unable to cope with the housing backlog, let alone the growth in demand, new solutions need to be found to improve the unpleasant, unhealthy and unsafe conditions in these settlements. …
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Analysing the application of “Reblocking” of informal settlements in the City of Ekurhuleni
Dealing with the challenge of informal settlements is one of the biggest issues facing South Africa and other countries of the global South. There is an urgent need to document and reflect on attempts to intervene in informal settlements. This dissertation investigates and analyses the application …
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Quiet conflict : social movements, institutional change, and upgrading informal settlements in South Africa
The South African government's attempts to provide land and housing for the poor have been focused primarily on interventions at the policy level and within internal state bureaucracies. But experiences of social movements for land and housing have shown that significant opportunities for formal …
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Towards an Architecture of Civil Disobedience to Reclaim Informal Settlements Right to the City
Informal settlements sit at the transition between numerous dimensions of globalisation and political decisions. Although poverty plays a big role in the manifestations of informal settlements, it is more complex due to the human tendency to find resolution with living in the city. The problem when …
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