Informal settlements

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    Exploring partnership with local government : a people’s led approach to informal settlement upgrading
    (Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC), 2018) Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC)
    This publication draws from the rich and varied experiences in upgrading of the South African SDI Alliance, in particular the Informal Settlement Network (ISN) and Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDUP). It describes the community-led practices for upgrading and the tools that support these, especially mobilising through savings and data collection. It describes how these examples helped change national government policies towards commitments to community-led upgrading. It also describes a decade of partnerships with local governments that sought to greatly increase the scale of upgrading and reflects on where this worked well – and less well. Many positive commitments have been made by city governments (and ministers within national governments). But it has proved challenging to put them into practice on the ground within the formal processes of local government with its sectoral rivalries, bureaucratic inertia and range of (often inappropriate) rules and regulations.
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    Slums and informal settlements : an evidence-based approach to sustainable upgrading and development
    (Space Syntax, 2010) Space Syntax
    Slums are a physical and spatial manifestation of urban poverty and intra-city inequality. However, slums do not accommodate all the urban poor, nor are all slum dwellers always poor. Approaches to improvement typically follow insitu upgrading or forced eviction and redevelopment. Both approaches focus on short-term solutions which fail to address the core spatial problems of these areas. Space Syntax occupies a middle ground by concentrating vital spatial intervention in the key areas which deliver long term benefits. Space Syntax provides a unique, evidence-based, and industry-leading approach to the planning and design of buildings and urban areas. Combining technology, ability, and extensive global experience.