The growth of social precarity-particularly in the Global South-has meant that those living in
informal settlements typically face a wide range of threats on a day-to-day basis due to the …

Walking is the dominant mode of transport in informal settlements of the global south,
especially in African cities where structural deficits, morphological challenges and ineffective …

Objective To assess the care for hypertension in Sierra Leone, by the use of a cascade‐of‐
care approach, to identify where the need for healthcare system interventions is greatest …

Freetown challenges, even more than other cities, entrenched categories of formal and
informal. In this paper, the discussion on informality encompasses both the distinction drawn …

This paper introduces a hybrid governance—referring to situations where state and non‐
state actors collectively provide key services—perspective to disaster management. It …

Freetown, Sierra Leone, is confronted with health risks that are compounded by rapid
unplanned urbanisation and weak capacities of local government institutions. Addressing …

This study investigates the intricate relationships between flood disaster risk perception
(RP), attitudes (ATT), subjective norms (SN), and participation in flood prevention activities …

This article explores the relationship between design methodologies and the scaling of
participation in cities. The article recognizes that the scaling of community-led informal …

This chapter analyses the role of informality in contemporary African cities not by focusing on
emergencies or on what is missing, but by considering the positive aspects that have …

Freetown's political economy is influenced by local and national-level politics, which is firmly
linked with the country's weak systems of governance and decentralisation. This is rooted in …