Search Results - "SQUATTER settlements"

Community-led vs. subsidised housing. Lessons from informal settlements in Durban.

Authors: Georgiadou, Maria Christina Loggia, Claudia

Source: Housing Studies. Nov2025, Vol. 40 Issue 11, p2335-2362. 28p.

Subject Terms: *HOUSING subsidies, SQUATTER settlements, URBANIZATION, SOCIAL status

Geographic Terms: DURBAN (South Africa)

'Jobless corner campus': an institutionalised idleness in Kibera, an informal settlement in Nairobi.

Authors: Páv, Martin¹ (AUTHOR) martin.dpfilms@gmail.com

Source: Leisure Studies. Aug2025, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p575-589. 15p.

Subject Terms: *INSTITUTIONAL economics, SQUATTER settlements, SOCIAL stigma, URBAN life, RESISTANCE (Philosophy), LEISURE, NEIGHBORHOODS

Geographic Terms: NAIROBI (Kenya), KENYA, AFRICA

Revisiting urban governance in China: The manifestation of entrepreneurial neo-managerialism in shantytown redevelopment in Luzhou.

Authors: Jin, Yi Shin, Hyun Bang

Source: Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.). Aug2025, Vol. 62 Issue 10, p2136-2153. 18p.

Subject Terms: *ECONOMIC reform, *RESOURCE allocation, *FEDERAL government, *URBAN renewal, SQUATTER settlements, SOCIAL policy

Geographic Terms: CHINA

Making and remaking life under threat: fenceline communities in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga.

Authors: Rabbaney, Zaakiyah^1,2 (AUTHOR) RBBZAA001@myuct.ac.za

Source: Anthropology Southern Africa (2332-3256). Nov2025, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *COAL mining, *SQUATTER settlements, *ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis, *NEIGHBORHOODS, *SELF-neglect, *SOCIAL history, *MINERAL industries, *ECONOMIC history

Geographic Terms: SOUTH Africa, MPUMALANGA (South Africa)

The Vicissitudes of Expertise: John F. C. Turner versus the World Bank.

Authors: Gyger, Helen¹ (AUTHOR) helen.gyger@gmail.com

Source: Journal of Planning History. Nov2025, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p234-260. 27p.

Subject Terms: *AFFORDABLE housing, *SQUATTER settlements, *URBAN policy, *URBAN poor, *ARCHIVAL research

Geographic Terms: SOUTH America, AFRICA

Working‐in‐Commons in the Middle of Precarity: The Legacy of the Urban Commons Movement of South Korea in the 1970s.

Authors: Han, Didi Kyoung‐ae Shin, Hyun Bang

Source: Antipode. Oct2025, p1. 22p. 1 Illustration.

Subject Terms: *URBAN poor, *SQUATTER settlements, *SOCIAL networks, *PRECARITY, *PUBLIC spaces, *COMMUNAL living, *KOREANS

Geographic Terms: SOUTH Korea, SEOUL (Korea), KOREA

Appropriation of space: El Arbol settlement as a space of resistance in the city of Santiago de Cali, Colombia.

Authors: Trujillo-Losada, Milton Fernando Villamarín, Erika Castrillón García, Natalia

Source: City (1360-4813). Oct-Dec2025, Vol. 29 Issue 5/6, p1141-1154. 14p.

Subject Terms: *SQUATTER settlements, *RESISTANCE to government, *INFORMAL sector, *LAND management, *MASS mobilization, *ENVIRONMENTAL justice, *CITIES & towns

Geographic Terms: COLOMBIA, CALI (Colombia)

Mapping mobility in Namibia's secondary cities informal settlements: a case study of rehoboth.

Authors: Nyamai, Dorcas Nthoki Dietrich, Chalil Dietsch, Leonie Christina et al.

Source: African Geographical Review. Oct2025, Vol. 44 Issue 6, p543-557. 15p.

Subject Terms: *URBANIZATION, *SQUATTER settlements, *PUBLIC transit, *STAKEHOLDER analysis, *COUNTRIES, *PHYSICAL mobility, *CITIES & towns, *HEALTH services accessibility

Geographic Terms: SOUTHERN Africa, NAMIBIA

At home in illegality: place-making practices in Hong Kong's industrial buildings.

Authors: Lapto, Florence Kayan Chan, Man Wa Lau, Wing Sze et al.

Source: Housing Studies. Jun2025, Vol. 40 Issue 6, p1255-1280. 26p.

Subject Terms: *INDUSTRIAL buildings, *HOUSING, *HOUSING market, *REAL property, SQUATTER settlements

Place Attachment as Spatial Resistance in Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Manshiyat Naser, Cairo.

Authors: Maher, Mahitab Adel, Emad Adel, Mariam et al.

Source: Journal of Engineering Sciences. Mar/Apr2026, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p210-230. 21p.

Subject Terms: *PLACE attachment (Psychology), *SQUATTER settlements, *URBAN research, *FORCED migration, *INNER cities, *GROUP identity

Geographic Terms: CAIRO (Egypt)

Sultan Selim Mahallesi'nde Gecekondulaşma, Sanayileşme ve Kentsel Dönüşüm Süreçlerinin Sosyopolitik Analizi.

Alternate Title: A Socio-Political Analysis of Informal Settlements, Industrialization and Urban Transformation in the Sultan Selim Neighborhood.

Authors: ALTUNAKAR, Dilan SEVGİLİ, Şerafettin ABALI AKGÜL, Tuğçe Zeynep

Source: Urban Academy/ Kent Akademisi. 2025, Vol. 18 Issue 5, p2955-2981. 27p.

Subject Terms: *SQUATTER settlements, *INDUSTRIALIZATION, *URBAN renewal, *QUALITATIVE research, *LAND use, *NEIGHBORHOODS, *URBAN sociology, *POLITICAL science

Geographic Terms: ISTANBUL (Turkey)

Qualitative Analysis of Ventilation Position and Dimension Effects on Compartment Fire Dynamics: An Experimental and Numerical Approach.

Authors: Beshir, Mohamed Wang, Yu Cicione, Antonio et al.

Source: Fire Technology. Sep2025, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p3615-3647. 33p.

Subject Terms: *VENTILATION, *SQUATTER settlements, *SCIENTIFIC method, *CALORIMETRY, *HEAT flux, *URBAN planning, *HEAT transfer, *COMPUTER simulation

On Their Own Terms: How Informal Settlement Residents Interpret Urban Inclusion and Exclusion Within the Context of Participatory Mechanisms.

Authors: Bandauko, Elmond Asare, Akosua Boahemaa Adjaison, Desmond et al.

Source: Urban Affairs Review. Sep2025, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p1448-1485. 38p.

Subject Terms: *SQUATTER settlements, *POLITICAL participation, *STAKEHOLDER analysis, *SOCIAL integration, *SOCIAL marginality, *GROUP decision making, *CITIES & towns

Why do (some) people in informal settlements in Latin America grow food today and what is their struggle?

Authors: Lizarralde, Gonzalo Latorre, Sara Paredes, Myriam et al.

Source: Local Environment. Aug2025, Vol. 30 Issue 8, p960-983. 24p.

Subject Terms: *URBAN agriculture, *SQUATTER settlements, *COMMUNITY involvement, *SUSTAINABLE food movement, *FOOD security, *ENVIRONMENTAL protection, *LATIN Americans, *SOCIAL problems

Geographic Terms: LATIN America

Perumusan Strategi Penataan Permukiman Kumuh Jemengan di Kecamatan Bunguran Timur Kabupaten Natuna.

Authors: Rudiansyah Suprajogo, Tjahjo Aisyah, Siti

Source: Journal of Syntax Literate. Aug2025, Vol. 10 Issue 8, p6553-6567. 15p.

Subject Terms: *SQUATTER settlements, *URBAN planning, *QUALITATIVE research, *COMMUNITY development, *STRATEGIC planning

Informing the Informal: Examining the Morphological Production of Informal Built Landscape Types.

Authors: McCartney, Shelagh^1,2 (AUTHOR) Shelagh.mccartney@torontomu.ca

Source: SAGE Open. July-Sep2025, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p1-23. 23p.

Subject Terms: *URBAN morphology, *SQUATTER settlements, *LAND settlement patterns, *URBAN growth, *CITIES & towns, *LANDSCAPE architecture, DEVELOPING countries

Geographic Terms: SAO Paulo (Brazil : State), MANILA (Philippines)

Informal Settlement Upgrading and Rehousing and Its Impact on Urban Resilience in Rwanda, A Case Study of Mpazi in Kigali City.

Authors: Dusabeyezu, Cesar Mind'Je, Richard Izabayo, Domina et al.

Source: International Journal of Advanced Research (2707-7802). 2025, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p278-292. 15p.

Subject Terms: *URBAN renewal, *SOCIOECONOMIC factors, SQUATTER settlements, SUSTAINABLE urban development, NEIGHBORHOODS, SOCIAL cohesion

Geographic Terms: RWANDA, KIGALI (Rwanda)

The Economic Burden of Healthcare Utilization: Findings from a Health and Well-Being Survey in Informal Settlements of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Authors: Fullah, Sullaiman Vangahun, Dora Gandi, Ibrahim et al.

Source: Journal of Urban Health. Jun2025, Vol. 102 Issue 3, p692-712. 21p.

Subject Terms: *MEDICAL care costs, *SQUATTER settlements, *HEALTH surveys, *MEDICAL care use, *EQUALITY, *CITIES & towns

Geographic Terms: FREETOWN (Sierra Leone), SIERRA Leone

Habitation counter-stories: thinking from the autoconstructed basti—Cheeta Camp, Mumbai.

Authors: Dewoolkar, Purva Kamath, Lalitha

Source: City (1360-4813). Jun-Aug2025, Vol. 29 Issue 3/4, p543-556. 14p.

Subject Terms: *SQUATTER settlements, *URBAN planning, *DECOLONIZATION, *COMMUNITY development, *LOCAL knowledge, *DWELLINGS, *INNER cities, *TRADITIONAL knowledge

Geographic Terms: MUMBAI (India)

Fire Safety of Ethnic Minority Traditional Settlements in Southwest China: Fire Safety of Ethnic Minority Traditional Settlements.

Authors: Wang, Yu Ruan, Hongli Xia, Ting et al.

Source: Fire Technology. May2025, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p1099-1127. 29p.

Subject Terms: *GEOGRAPHIC information systems, *SQUATTER settlements, *FLAMMABLE materials, *FIRE prevention, *MINORITIES

Geographic Terms: CHINA