Informal Settlements Handbook

25 February 2003

Human Settlement Development (Department of Local Government and Housing, Provincial Government of the Western Cape)

SUMMARY

The Informal Settlements Handbook has been produced by the Western Cape Department of Housing with the assistance of the City of Cape Town. It helps one to understand and to address issues relating to the management and the upgrading of Informal Settlements.

CONTENTS:

Quick Guide: Dealing with Common Informal Settlement Problems (File type: pdf; size: 124 KB)
Introduction (File type: pdf; size: 87 KB)
Contents (File type: pdf; size: 26 KB)
Index (File type: pdf; size: 105 KB)
Chapter 1: Frame of Reference (File type: pdf; size: 453 KB)
Chapter 2: Goals and Guiding Principles (File type: pdf; size: 74 KB)
Chapter: 3 Institutional Arrangements (File type: pdf; size: 142 KB)
Chapter 4: Audit (File type: pdf; size: 511 KB)
Chapter 5: Analysis (File type: pdf; size: 164 KB)
Chapter 6: Setting Objectives (File type: pdf; size: 41 KB)
Chapter 7: The Incorporation of Informal Settlements (File type: pdf; size: 240 KB)
Chapter 8: Dealing with Land Invasions (File type: pdf; size: 60 KB)
Chapter 9: Types of Improvement Projects (File type: pdf; size: 110 KB)
Chapter 10: Improvement Projects - Technical Guidelines (File type: pdf; size: 236 KB)
Chapter 11: Betterment Programmes (File type: pdf; size: 99 KB)
Chapter 12: Forward Planning (File type: pdf; size: 126 KB)
Full Document (File type: pdf; size: 681 KB)

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