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Settlement informality: The importance of understanding change, formality, land and the informal economy.

Huchzermeyer, Marie (Groupement de Recherche Internationale (GDRI). Workshop on Informality, Wits University. Johannesburg, 2008-07-03)

It is widely acknowledged that informal settlements and the processes that lead to their formation and perpetuation are poorly understood (see Environment and Urbanization, 1998; Roy, 2005; Smit, 2006; Misselhorn, 2008). ...
'Slum' Upgrading and 'Slum' Eradication under MDG Seven Target Eleven

Huchzermeyer, Marie (University of Rhodes. Sociology., 2008)

The modest MDG target on improving the lives of ‘slum’ dwellers occupies a complex and in some ways contradictory terrain. This chapter reviews the usage of the term ‘slum’ and its adoption into the Millennium Development ...
The struggle for in situ upgrading of informal settlements: Case studies from Gauteng

Huchzermeyer, Marie (Development Southern Africa, 2009)

Department of Housing released a new Informal Settlement Upgrading Programme in 2004, which makes in situ upgrading of informal settlements possible with minimal disruption to residents’ lives. To date, the new programme ...

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