The informal economy is crucial for making cities function, and it provides the main means of
income for a significant proportion of all workers globally. At the same time, informal workers …

SUMMARY THE CHALLENGES FROM INFORMALITY: One of the greatest challenges for
climate change adaptation is how to build resilience for the billion urban dwellers who are …

The roles of urban informalities in the advancement of the sustainable city agenda are
contested in conventional literature. However, the contestation does not take account of the …

Residential housing affordability stress is an important catalyst of class solidification and the
growing worldwide social divide. Based on a quantitative spatial model that considers …

Access to adequate water and sanitation is limited in informal settlements, contributing to
girls' challenges managing menstruation at school, especially when they cannot access …

It is widely suggested that migration is a key mechanism linking climate change to violent
conflict, particularly through migration increasing the risks of conflict in urban destinations …

Routine and accurate data on deprivation are needed for urban planning and decision
support at various scales (ie, from community to international). However, analyzing …

Urban population density has featured in a large body of literature on the Compact City
paradigm as the key compactness attribute of cities, yet the shape compactness of urban …

Despite an estimated one billion people around the world living in slums, most surveys of
health and well-being do not distinguish between slum and non-slum urban residents …

Introduction: Research has begun to examine human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
prevention strategies within the Ghanaian context. Still, little is known about specific …