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Informal property consists in rights that lack formal, official recognition and protection.

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City demolitions expose Ethiopian families to coronavirus

29 April 2020

Ethiopia

Human rights groups want a moratorium on demolitions and forced evictions of informal settlements under COVID-19

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA, April 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Scores of Ethiopian families are at risk of contracting the new coronavirus after authorities demolished their makeshift houses and left them homeless, human rights groups said on Wednesday.

PRESS RELEASE: Three African Organizations Receive Cadasta’s Inaugural Data Accelerator Grants to Advance Land Rights

2 April 2020

Kenya

Zambia

Nigeria

Global

WASHINGTON, D.C.

What sort of 'development' has no place for a billion slum dwellers?

27 January 2020

Bangladesh

Imagine a community of 200,000. Convivial, walkable, six times the density of Manhattan but with a smaller ecological footprint. It provides low-cost services and affordable housing mixed with productive uses such as recycling, farming and trading. It’s a city within a city.

Blogs

Can India’s Rural Property Card be an opportunity to expedite Post-Covid Rural Revival?

14 May 2020

Authors:

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

Mr. S. Chockalingam

India

Increasing Segregation? Impact of Covid19 in the Cities of Africa and South Asia

4 April 2020

Authors:

Dr. Philip Amis

Africa

Southern Asia

The current Covid 19 pandemic is likely to spread in the next few weeks and months to the South and in particular South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa. The impact may well be of a greater scale than that currently experienced in the North; India was the region with the highest loss of live in the 1918-1919 Spanish flu Pandemic. The experience and historical experience suggests that urban areas will be disproportionately affected.

South Africa's Move Towards Spatial Transformation: A Look Into Trends in Land Market Data

29 January 2020

Authors:

Dr. Konrad Hentze

Dr. Mark Napier

Ms. Angela Rosenfeldt

Stacey Zammit

South Africa

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Events

Informal settlements and access to data in the time of COVID: a case for sharing data for decision making

22 October 2020

Location

Online

United States

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US

South Africa

Global

The spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and other countries in the region has again brought to the fore the fact that very dense, under-serviced, mostly informal, settlements are not healthy places to live. They are also places where the spread of a disease is difficult to prevent or manage.

Organizers:

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Land Portal Foundation

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The Nexus Between Urban Land Governance and Climate Adaptation

Reports & Research

September 2020

Global

Informal settlements in areas that are already disaster prone are an increasing problem. Climate adaptation is also often used as an excuse fo evictions to redevelop sites in a more climate-proof manner in what is often referred to as ‘climate gentrification.

Land Rights for Slum Dwellers in Odisha: Making technology work for the urban poor

Reports & Research

March 2019

India

The webinar Land Rights for Slum Dwellers in the East Indian State Odisha: Making technology work for the urban poor took place on 14 February, 2018.

The webinar discussed anecdotes of the land rights policy in the state, application of innovative technology, processes and partnerships in the project execution and best practices followed in gaining rights for slum dwellers.

Strengthening Land Tenure in Informal Settings: A Fit-For-Purpose Approach

Journal Articles & Books

December 2018

Kenya

Tanzania

Myanmar

India

Nepal

Global

A functioning land administration sector is the foundation for economic growth. Unfortunately, effective land registry and cadastral systems with national coverage exist in only a fraction of the world’s countries.

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Organizations

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT)

MOTTO

The Dedan Kimathi University of Technology motto is: “Better Life through Technology”.

VISION STATEMENT

To be a Premier Technological University Excelling in Quality Education, Research, and Technology Transfer for National Development.

MISSION STATEMENT

University of Nairobi (UON)

Our Vision is to be a world-class university committed to scholarly excellence.

Our Mission is to provide quality university education and training and to embody the aspirations of the Kenyan people and the global community through creation, preservation, integration, transmission and utilization of knowledge.

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Human rights groups want a moratorium on demolitions and forced evictions of informal settlements under COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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