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Deidre Lal Schmidt Housing and Urbanization in Global Cities February 13, 2013

Working with Informality; Community-Led Documentation. Deidre Lal Schmidt Housing and Urbanization in Global Cities February 13, 2013. Community-Led Documentation TYPES Settlement profiles Settlement generally, not household-level Tenure, Qualities of housing

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Deidre Lal Schmidt Housing and Urbanization in Global Cities February 13, 2013

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  1. Working with Informality; Community-Led Documentation Deidre Lal Schmidt Housing and Urbanization in Global Cities February 13, 2013

  2. Community-Led Documentation • TYPES • Settlement profiles • Settlement generally, not household-level • Tenure, Qualities of housing • Created with community leaders • Primary audience is government • Enumerations • Household-level interviews / surveys • Detailed information on residents, housing and services • Data shared with community, used to set priorities • Often includes addressing and ID for first time • Mapping • Settlement-level with varying levels of household-level • Structure and lot boundaries • Used to form agreements on lot boundaries, location of improvements • Technology (Aerial mapping, GPS and GIS) can’t supplant ground-truthing

  3. Community-Led Documentation • TYPES • Settlement profiles • Settlement generally, not household-level • Tenure, Qualities of housing • Created with community leaders • Primary audience is government • Enumerations • Household-level interviews / surveys • Detailed information on residents, housing and services • Data shared with community, used to set priorities • Often includes addressing and ID for first time • Mapping • Settlement-level with varying levels of household-level • Structure and lot boundaries • Used to form agreements on lot boundaries, location of improvements • Technology (Aerial mapping, GPS and GIS) can’t supplant ground-truthing

  4. Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

  5. Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

  6. Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

  7. Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

  8. Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

  9. Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa Some Findings: 3,625 people 755 Shacks, 65 Mud Homes ¼ use bush vs. pit toilets 73% Unemployed Rent < 2% income Food 34% Schooling 17% Transport 15%

  10. Chico’s Ice Cream FactoryMarlboro, Johannesburg, South Africa

  11. Chico’s Ice Cream FactoryMarlboro, Johannesburg, South Africa “We are the people of Marlboro. How many are we?... We are saving, saying to the government, This is what we are doing, then can you come in and join us in making the area we are living in better”. 109 Families 282 People

  12. Chico’s Ice Cream FactoryMarlboro, Johannesburg, South Africa The data will now be used as a protection mechanism in the court of law. The communitypossesses the most detailed data on the individuals / families affected in the evictions.

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