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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"informal housing"”.
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Informal housing in New York City : a spatial history of squats, lofts, and illegal conversions
… thesis seeks to demonstrate that the notion of informal urbanization- normally applied to discussions of cities in the developing world-is equally effective in describing a range of housing practices in New York City, one of the wealthiest, most prototypically urban cities in the globe. The …
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Deriving Lessons for Urban Planning and Housing Delivery from the Resilience of Informal Housing Systems in Zambia
The study explores the factors that sustain urban informal housing resilience to draw lessons for enhancement of housing provision. This is in response to the challenge in housing provision evidenced in the burgeoning informal housing delivery system that characterise most developing countries. …
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Understanding housing reconstruction in Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria
… resources, and decision making relevant to housing reconstruction post-disaster in Puerto Rico comes from the US federal government. Therefore, during the ensuing housing reconstruction effort, the differences between the reality of housing in Puerto Rico, and the policy and processes coming …
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The Assessment of quality of life in children with Tracheostomies and their families in a Low to Middle Income Country (LMIC)
… (ZAR10,000). Sixteen (24%) resided within informal housing. The mean scores for the 4 PTHSI domains were: physical symptoms 24.8/35 (70.9%), frequency/financial impact of medical visits 14.2/15 (94.7%), QOL of child 8.8/15 (58.7%), QOL of carer 62.3/85 (73.3%); the overall score was …
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Essays on the Political Behavior of Economic Informality and Public Goods
… examines the relationship between economic informality, political behavior, and public goods provision. In three papers, it explores how seemingly nonpolitical everyday social institutions and collective action rooted in economic informality help extend the reach of the state and advance …
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The burden of tuberculosis in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis therapy at Livingstone hospital, Port Elizabeth
… rate was 4505 per 100 000 patient years. Only informal housing and a history of hospitalization were significantly associated with a diagnosis of TB. Conclusion: Dialysis patients in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa are at extremely high risk for the acquisition of TB with an incidence …
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Shaping Streetscapes within the Complexities of Urban Informalities in the Cape Flats
… is characterized by a mix of formal and informal housing, with By recognizing the importance of inclusive design, this research explores how Landscape Architecture can contribute to creating functional and vibrant streetscapes that effectively respond to the needs and aspirations of the …
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Impacts of recent housing policies on the rental housing market in Korea
This research is concerned with the effects of housing policy on rental housing market in Korea, in particular, the informal housing finance mechanism known as the <i>chonse</i>. In spite of many studies on <i>chonse</i> rental housing market, the relationship between government intervention in the …
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Incremental support structures for housing and urbanisation
… capacities of city-regions acutely impacting informal settlement areas. As a result the city's most vulnerable citizens experience poor service delivery and poor living conditions. This project proposal challenges the current approach to housing delivery and the upgrading of informal …
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The need for a new approach : analysis of the built environment of informal settlements and public housing policy in Egypt
… Egypt has brought on excessive demand for urban housing . The government agencies' attempt to satisfy this demand by the conventional means of public housing since the early 1960's has a mounted only to less than 7% of the urban housing stock. In contrast to this, the informal sector has been …
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Between the (in)formal and the (il)legal : the 'permanent temporariness' of waiting for a house
In Cape Town, 400 000 households are waiting for housing from the state. This thesis explores the everyday lived realities that waiting for housing entails: what waiting means to housing applicants, what living in temporary accommodation solutions for the long-term entails, and how these effects of …
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Access to Tuberculosis testing among adolescents living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: social factors and theoretical considerations
… (OR 1.61, CI 1.19-2.19, p 0.002), living in informal housing (OR 1.58, CI 1.07-2.37, p 0.023), being in a relationship (OR 1.58, CI 1.15-2.18, p.005), experienced community violence (OR 1.43, CI 1.05-1.96, p 0.023), food security (OR 1.53, CI 1.11-2.11, p 0.010) and experienced any TB …
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How Planning Works in an Age of Reform: Land, Sustainability, and Housing Development Traditions in Zanzibar
… conceptualizes what is happening in formal and informal housing contexts during the last two decades. I am answering the question of whether the sustainability strategy, which lacks excitement among the targeted local people, has been able to break through state controlled planning practices. …
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Fire prevention and risk aversion among informal urban dwellers in Cape Town
… on fire prevention and risk aversion among urban informal settlers using lottery choice data with real monetary prizes. The paper estimates the risk attitudes of a sample of 174 individuals from an informal housing development in Cape Town. The empirical analysis is performed within the expected …
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On ‘dirty’ rats, ‘dirty’ spaces and slow violence in Site C, Khayelitsha: an interdisciplinary ethnography of the everyday, living in a rat-infested area
… - an African township comprising formal and informal housing areas on the outskirts of the city. Through locating these complex relationships and engaging with stories and experiences of people living in close proximity to rats, an image of the rat emerged, mirror-like, reflecting the …
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Promoting an affordable housing market: an institutional analysis
Insufficient provision of housing for a fast growing urban population is leading to squatter settlements and slums. Some view this informal sector as a way of fulfilling the shelter needs of the urban population. The informal housing market, however, is not an acceptable solution, as the urban poor …
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The importance of a protocol in the recovery and handling of burned human remains in a forensic context
… the importance of thorough investigation. Informal housing constituted 68.8% of the fatal fire scenes and presented unique scene constraints, including no direct road access at 50% of these scenes. Investigative limitations included: inadequate interagency communication, resulting in a lack …
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Clinical features and outcome of patients with severe lower respiratory tract infection admitted to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in the Western Cape, South Africa
… (Odds ratio (OR) 8.25; 95% CI 1.47- 46.21); informal housing without access to piped water and/or electricity (OR11.87; CI 1.89- 20.81); or need for inotropic support (OR 44.35; CI 8.20-239.92). HIV exposure or infection was associated with a significantly longer duration of hospital stay …
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Geospatial Analysis of Informal Settlement Development in Cape Town
… in the growth of cities is the development of informal settlements. Informal settlements are associated with negative socio-economic factors such as unemployment and a lack of secure land tenure. Over one billion people live in such settlements all around the world, and consequently, informal …
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Down then Out: Basement Apartments and Housing Insecurity in the Face of Flood Risks
… are experiencing similar dual crises of housing affordability and increasing flood risk. All the while, little to no conversations are being conducted regarding the specific vulnerability of those living in formal (legally-registered) and informal (unregistered) basement apartments. …
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