Fijian infrastructural citizenship: spaces of electricity sharing and informal power grids in an informal settlement

spatial-physical analysis of social abnormalities in informal settlement areas (case study: islamabad informal settlement area in zanjan)

extended abstract introduction zanjan has recently enjoyed considerable population and physical growth. the rapid irregular growth in population number caused unfavorable formation of informal settlement areas in the city. islamabad is of the largest informal accommodation regions in zanjan which was built as a consequence of massive rural migration during 1970s. although the area, at present,...

Image Sources for Informal Settlement Management

Informal settlements are a common feature of developing countries. In South Africa the improvement of living conditions in these settlements and the upgrading to formal housing types are regarded as being of central importance to the nation’s development. Effective settlement improvement and upgrading activities, which we here term “management”, require adequate spatial data. To date, the acqui...

An Informal Survey of Power Mems

This paper briefly and informally reviews the rapidly growing field of Power MEMS. This term now broadly refers to microsystems designed to produce power or mechanical work. Ongoing research includes heat engines, mechanical-to-electrical-energy conversion devices, and propulsion engines.

Participatory Informal Settlement Upgrading and Well-Being in Kisumu, Kenya

Role of Endogenous Development in Informal Habitation: An Analytical Study

Today, most of the big cities or metropolises around the world have been encountering with the problem of informal habitation. The present study, thus, tries to focus on the role of endogenous development in such type of habitation process. For that matter, the paper takes into account architectural programming and urbanism as its theoretical framework because the endogenous development is rela...