Informal settlements are becoming more entrenched within African cities as the urban
population continues to grow. Characterised by poor housing conditions and inadequate …

Rapid urbanization in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) is associated with increasing
population living in informal settlements. Inadequate infrastructure and disenfranchisement …

Housing has been acknowledged as one of the principle levels at which neighborhood
deprivation occurs in recent literature. The urban political community thus advocates to …

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's least urbanized region but is ironically also the region with
the largest proportion of urban slum dwellers. However, there exists limited understanding of …

In this work an evaluation model to support Public Administration decisions in planning
urban strategies that aim to involve private investors has been developed. Considering the …

Following on from earlier work dealing with the role of metropolitan municipalities in
managing urbanisation, this article assesses the role played by secondary cities in this …

Historically, mining companies worldwide provided housing and developed towns to
accommodate their employees. At the end of the 1980s this approach became less …

Innovations in building materials are revolutionizing home-building, allowing homes to be
constructed in a faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly manner. This project …

This paper investigates the relationship between housing as an asset and the accumulation
of other assets. Using data from a longitudinal research project stretching over nearly 25 …

Informal backyard rentals (IBRs) constitute South Africa's fastest growing housing subsector,
flourishing within a relative research vacuum and without national policy intervention to …