Search Results - subject:"Informal settlement"

An Investigation of the Factors Underlying Informal Settlement Growth : Evidence from the City of Burayu, Ethiopia

Bayuma, Tefera Beyera; Abebe, Birhanu Girma - 2023

this trend. Realizing why informal settlement exists and persists is critical to addressing its challenges. But, there is a … paucity of a pluralist perspective to investigate the factors of informal settlement growth in the case study area. Based on … for informal settlement growth. The study used primary data collected through questionnaires, key informants, interviews …

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Characteristics of the urban poor under COVID 19 control measures : a case study in Bangkok

Kittiprapas, Sauwalak - In: Thailand and the world economy 41 (2023) 1, pp. 148-170

The study aims to investigate the effects of COVID-19 and highlight characteristics of the urban poor during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangkok. The study utilizes data from community surveys with multi-stage sampling to obtain a total of 500 samples in the slums during the first lockdown in...

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"It's a two-way thing" : symbolic boundaries and convivial practices in changing neighbourhoods in London and Tshwane

Wessendorf, Susanne; Monson, Tamlyn - 2023

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A tripartite approach to social inclusion in selected slums in Lagos State, Nigeria

Popogbe, Oluwaseyi Omowunmi; Akinleye, Simeon Oludiran; … - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 8 (2023) 1, pp. 2-18

Purpose - This study aims to examine the social inclusiveness of slum dwellers by focusing on three key institutions which are social relations, government and the labour market. The literature emphasises the activities of these three institutions as indicators of social inclusion. Also, they...

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Determinant factors for the expansion of informal settlement in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia

Alene, Endalew Terefe - In: Journal of Urban Management 11 (2022) 3, pp. 321-337

formation of informal settlement in Gondar city of Ethiopia. More specifically, socio-economic dimension is the first …

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Parental investments and intra-household inequality in child human capital: Evidence from a survey experiment

Giannola, Michele - 2022

Intra-household inequality explains up to 50 percent of the cross-sectional variation in child human capital in the developing world. I study the role played by parents' educational investment to explain this inequality and its determinants. To mitigate the identification problem posed by...

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An approach to determining the linkage between livelihood assets and the housing conditions in urban slums of Dhaka

Soma, Hanae; Sukhwani, Vibhas; Shaw, Rajib - In: Journal of urban management 11 (2022) 1, pp. 23-36

In the backdrop of rapid urbanisation trends, the slum population has increased significantly in the fast-growing cities like Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh). The increasing rural-to-urban migration, housing shortages, and the limited access to affordable housing, are recognised as some of the...

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COVID-19 and its effects on the mental health of people living in urban slums in India

Pandey, Ghanshyam; Moghal, Sheeba; Barodia, Rakshit; … - In: Journal of information & knowledge management : JIKM 21 (2022) 1, pp. 2240003-1-2240003-14

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COVID-19 recovery action plan for informal settlements in the ECE region

Vereinte Nationen / Wirtschaftskommission für Europa - 2022

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Poverty dynamics in Nairobi's slums : testing for state dependence and heterogeneity effects

Islam, Nizamul; Faye, Ousmane - In: Economía : revista del Departamento de Economía, … 45 (2022) 90, pp. 48-73

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