Texture-based informal settlement (IS) mapping has gained attention in urban remote
sensing (RS) research. Numerous studies conducted on the use of texture analysis for IS …

Cities in the context of what is considered as the Global South are experiencing rapid
urbanisation through which various villages have been incorporated into the city and …

Village settlements in peri-urban areas have largely been transformed into dense
neighbourhoods in the process of rapid urbanisation and become Villages-in-the-City …

The morphologies of informal settlements constantly change as they undergo processes of
incremental adaptations and transformations in relation to emerging circumstances. One of …

Informal settlement has become one of the critical ways of producing space and accessing
affordable housing, particularly in the context of the global South. Much of the established …

The 'sites and services' approach was conceived during the 1970s as a possible solution to
tackle the issue of precarious housing in the global south. After providing land …

In-situ redevelopment policies, involving the construction of new apartment-style housing at
original slum sites, have become a widespread approach to housing improvement in India …

The detection of informal settlements is the first step in planning and upgrading deprived
areas in order to leave no one behind in SDGs. Very High-Resolution satellite images …

Understanding the spatial characteristics of road networks is crucial for the planning of road
networks. Although road networks have been frequently evaluated in combination with …

Resettlement programs, integral to the 'Villes Sans Bidonvilles'(Cities without Slums)
initiative, aim to rehouse populations from informal settlements to serviced allotments …