<b>Hierarchy Clustering of Dwellings inside Informal Settlements Case Study: Biryogo Residential Precinct, Kigali City – Rwanda</b>

Regularization of informal settlements involves the process of legalization of tenure and upgrading of public services and infrastructures through land development. However, some settlement manages to get the services from formal authorities but lags legal tenure security. Legalization of tenure security is important so as to reduce their threat of eviction from formal authorities and improvement of their living standard. Various land development tools involves upgrading of public services and development of infrastructures but legalization of tenure security is left behind. Land development and legalization of tenure security both are the important components for regularization of informal settlements and recognize as formal settlements. Land readjustment is the tool or technique commonly used for the land development in Nepal. Thus this paper aims to indentify the applicability of land readjustment in regularization of informal settlement. In Nepal, there are prominent numbers of informal settlements along the river banks and also in urban core areas. Chadani tole along the Bagmati River is taken as a case study and analysis of applicability of land readjustment under the social and legal condition for regularization is carried out. This research has adopted both desk research and case study methodology. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis is adopted in this study. The results of research reveal that public participation and long term occupancy are the social positive aspects for the application of LR in informal settlements. Lack of land registration, legal recognition and development regulations are the legal hurdles for the application of LR in informal settlements. Land registration of informal settlement has not been done in Nepal which is important aspect for application of LR. Thus land registration of Nepal should include the components of STDM for the pro poor land registration and recognition of social tenure to informal settlements. Applicability of LR is difficult due to the lack of sufficient area. So to address the issue and ascertain the rights of dwellers to live in the same area, high rise apartments can be adopted.

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Object-based random forest classification for informal settlements identification in the Middle East: Jeddah a case study

International Journal of Remote Sensing ◽

10.1080/01431161.2020.1718237 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (11) ◽

pp. 4421-4445 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ahmad Fallatah ◽

Simon Jones ◽

David Mitchell

Keyword(s):

Random Forest ◽

Middle East ◽

Informal Settlements ◽

Random Forest Classification ◽

Forest Classification ◽

Object Based

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Lively Infrastructure

Theory Culture & Society ◽

10.1177/0263276414548490 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 31 (7-8) ◽

pp. 137-161 ◽

Cited By ~ 155

Author(s):

Ash Amin

Keyword(s):

Social Life ◽

Informal Settlements ◽

Urban Infrastructure ◽

The Poor ◽

The Social ◽

Community Solidarity ◽

Belo Horizonte ◽

Struggle For Recognition ◽

The City

This paper examines the social life and sociality of urban infrastructure. Drawing on a case study of land occupations and informal settlements in the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil, where the staples of life such as water, electricity, shelter and sanitation are co-constructed by the poor, the paper argues that infrastructures – visible and invisible – are deeply implicated in not only the making and unmaking of individual lives, but also in the experience of community, solidarity and struggle for recognition. Infrastructure is proposed as a gathering force and political intermediary of considerable significance in shaping the rights of the poor to the city and their capacity to claim those rights.

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Participatory enumerations at the national level in Namibia: the Community Land Information Programme (CLIP)

Environment and Urbanization ◽

10.1177/0956247811435891 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 67-75 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Anna Muller ◽

Edith Mbanga

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Informal Settlement ◽

National Level ◽

Informal Settlements ◽

National Government ◽

Second Phase ◽

Development Initiatives ◽

Local Ngo

This paper describes how the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia developed the capacity to undertake enumerations and mapping of informal settlements and, with support from the national government and a local NGO, developed the Community Land Information Programme. Through this initiative, the federation has profiled and mapped all of the informal settlements in Namibia, covering more than 500,000 people without secure land tenure and setting a significant precedent in terms of the ability of the federation to work at scale. For each settlement, a profile was developed by the residents that stimulated discussions of their priorities and also discussions with government. In the second phase, the residents of informal settlements were supported to undertake more detailed enumerations and mapping to identify development priorities and provide the information needed for development initiatives. The paper describes how this was done in a case study of an informal settlement in Swakopmund municipality and ends with a discussion of what has been learned, especially with regard to keeping the process rooted in the concerns and priorities of the residents of each settlement.

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