urban sustainabilitylocal financemunicipal budgetsevaluationA particular and worrying form of urbanization are "informal settlements" or unauthorised buildings (abusivismo edilizio), a phenomenon which is particularly accentuated in southern Italian cities, especially in Campania Region. Nevertheless their ...
The principal aim of the article is to illustrate that there are different approaches to define, assess and solve the problems of informal settlements and their inhabitants. The paper emphasises the complexity and variety of slums worldwide as well as the controversial perspectives adopted towards ...
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12 No 1 April 2000 137MAPUTOUrban manag ement, urbanpoverty and urbang overnance: planning and landmanag ement in MaputoPaul J enkinsSUMMARY: This paper reviews the approach to urban land management widelysupported by international agencies, and its application in Maputo, the capital ofMozambique....
Developing countries suffer from economic problems and are often struggling with insufficient infrastructure and low water supply and sanitation coverage, particularly in rapidly growing urban slum settlements, with significant consequences, especially regarding public health. In this chapter, we discuss the ...
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: an Overview Chapter 3: The IFHTP Discourse on Urbanism in Colonial Africa between ... CN Silva - 《Cities》 被引量: 14发表: 2012年 The Future of Water in African Cities : Why Waste Water? Integrating Urban Planning...
In Tehran, the capital of Iran, excessive physical growth got to be a complicated issue. Spatial chaos, lack of urban utilities, air pollution, traffic congestion, seizing agricultural land, marginalization, informal settlements, insecurity and social segregation, etc. have emerged as outcomes. This...
Over-crowded cities are compromising the quality of urban life due to their rapid growth and ever-increasing generation of waste. The concept of the "zero waste city" includes a 100% recycling rate and recovery of all resources from waste materials. However, transforming current over-consuming ...
Earthquake impact on settlements: the role of urban and structural morphology This study is aimed to create an alternative to the classical GIS representation of the impact of earthquake hazards on urban areas. To accomplish this, the traditional map was revised, so that it can cope with contempo...
Urban water management - and the impacts that rapid population growth, industrialisation and climate change are having on it - is gaining increasing attent... K Carden,NP Armitage - 《Water Sa》 被引量: 17发表: 2013年 The nonpoint source impacts of peri-urban settlements in South Africa: Imp...