Rapid growth of urbanization and its complications in recent decades has absorbed urban planners' attention to stability and stable development issues. In this regard community which is the core stone of urban development stayed away from formal system of spatial planning, and established communities are in contrast with preserving stable development rules and principals, therefore this researc...

Fire spread between informal settlement dwellings (ISD) is a primary concern for large scale settlements conflagrations. Globally, approximately one billion people live in and are exposed to these fires. This paper presents fire experiment two dwellings, built with ISO 9705 dimension as an approximation of ISD separated by 1 m. The development mechanisms within the ISDs were investigated benchm...

Informal settlement which sometimes used as synonym of slum, has over the years led to various social problems such prostitution and many others. Base on this, paper examined informal teenage in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Two objectives were raised guide study. The study area is Yenagoa capital city survey design, also adopted primary secondary sources. 150 respondents constituted population size ...

Detecting informal settlements might be one of the most challenging tasks within urban remote sensing. This phenomenon occurs mostly in developing countries. In order to carry out the urban planning and development tasks necessary to improve living conditions for the poorest world-wide, an adequate spatial data basis is needed (see Mason, O. S. & Fraser, C. S., 1998). This can only be obtained ...

Although in most of the rural development plans, relocation of informal settlements is oftenconsidered as an efficient solution to increase safety of rural communities against natural and man-made disasters,such as, earthquakes, fire hazards, floods, etc. an evaluation of recent experiences in the relocation projects show thatthe relocated community is often unsatisfied with the new residential...