Monitoring and Modelling of Informal Settlements

a Review on Recent Developments and Challenges

authored by

Peter Hofmann, Hannes Taubenböck, Christian Werthmann

Abstract

The increasing development of informal settlements and slums in the years to come is a humanitarian challenge we are facing worldwide. The reasons for this development are mainly given by an urbanization of poverty and the lack of affordable housing in urban areas. Consequently, the majority of slum dwellers are forced to live in housing conditions which are simply unacceptable. In order to fight urban poverty and develop strategies to reduce the number of slum dwellers it is essential to inventory and monitor slums and to understand the underlying mechanisms of slum genesis. However, systematic spatial knowledge about these mechanisms is still absent. This paper addresses the capabilities of mapping and structural analysis of informal settlements using remote sensing data and modelling their genesis based on agent based approaches.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Landscape Architecture

External Organisation(s)

University of Salzburg
German Aerospace Center (DLR) (e.V.) Location Oberpfaffenhofen

Type

Conference contribution

Publication date

09.06.2015

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1109/JURSE.2015.7120513 (Access: Closed)