Informal Settlement Upgrading in South Africa: A Preliminary Regenerative Perspective

Informal Settlement Upgrading in Sub-Saharan Africa: Retrospective and Lessons Learned

3.1 LAND TENURE SECURITY AND LEGALIZATION............................................................... 8 3.1.1 Land Tenure Security and Legalization: Lessons Learned...........................13 3.2 IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE DELIVERY.............................................. 15 3.2.1 Infrastructure and Building Standards ............................................................

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

Informal Settlements Upgrading: The Gecekondus in Ankara

Satisfaction with personal and environmental quality of life: a black South African informal settlement perspective.

A study was conducted with 487 black adult residents of a South African informal settlement (151 men and 336 women) to ascertain satisfaction with personal and environmental quality of life. It was hypothesised that: (1) health status and life satisfaction were the underlying dimensions of personal quality of life (PQOL); (2) health status and life satisfaction were more strongly associated wit...

Nutritional status of preschool children in informal settlement areas near Bloemfontein, South Africa.

OBJECTIVE To determine the nutritional status and household resources of preschool children. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING : Two informal settlement areas, Joe Slovo (JS) and JB Mafora (JBM) in Mangaung, near Bloemfontein, South Africa. SUBJECTS Preschool children (<72 months) of a randomly selected sample of households in JS (experimental) (n = 162) and JBM (control) (n = 186)...