From a land-use planning perspective, informal settlements emerge because of dysfunctions
in contemporary cities, leading to inequities in living conditions and exclusions of people in …

Informal settlements are a feature of many cities worldwide, yet information about their social
and spatial conditions is often limited to what can be obtained from external observation …

Satellite-based broad-scale (ie, global and continental) human settlement data are essential
for diverse applications spanning climate hazard mitigation, sustainable development …

This paper contributes to the understanding of the recent urban development of Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam. Previous studies have aimed at quantifying the city's spatial growth yet have …

There is much discussion regarding the Sustainable Development Goals'(SDGs) capacity to
promote inclusive development. While some argue that they represent an opportunity for …

In development engineering, practitioners often strive to empower local communities
through technology. Empowerment, however, is typically not well-defined and rarely …

The emergence of informal settlements in the Global South has been at the centre of
debates regarding sustainable development. While the visibility of informal settlements has …

As urban planners increasingly use technological advances to generate and analyze new
data, we must take care to overcome biases embedded in them. We survey American …

Rapid urbanization has caused widespread environmental pollution in Africa, restricting
sustainable development programs. Today, non-point source pollution has become a major …

This dissertation explores intersections between vulnerability and urban planning in Sub-
Saharan Africa, where distinct forms of urbanization are occurring and where there are …