The urban informal settlements are particularly vulnerable to flooding events, due to both their generally poor quality …-ward of Dar es Salaam City (Tanzania) in the Msimbazi River basin having a high concentration of informal settlements … of construction and high population density. An integrated approach to the analysis of flooding risk of informal …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of informal settlements to a tourism strategy and to … theoretical exploration about informal settlements in Latin America, slum tourism and city branding; the paper presents the urban … relationship between social urbanism, informal settlements and city branding is discussed. Findings – Medellin, perhaps without …

An estimated 30–70% of Nairobi’s population lives in informal settlements with very poor access to basic services, yet … children are notably absent from the informal settlements. This paper combines qualitative research with three micro data sets …