| dc.description.abstract | Informal housing development is the provision of housing outside the formal system. These settlements are often seen as politically autonomous and under permanent threat of demolition and outside the legal system. Housing is a basic human need. Well planned housing and infrastructure of acceptable standards and affordable cost when combined with essential services affords dignity, security and privacy to the individual, the family and the community. The purpose of the study was to evaluate factors that influence the implementation of informal settlement upgrading programmes at the Kibera-Soweto upgrading programe.
The objectives included: establishing the housing tenure forms and how they influence the implementation of the Kibera-Soweto upgrading programme, assessing the level of Kibera-Soweto slums residents involvement in the implementation of the informal settlement upgrading programme, examining the planning standards and building technologies used in the upgrading process and the extent to which they influence the implementation of the informal settlement upgrading programme, evaluating the extent to which the socio economic status of the people of KiberaSoweto had been affected by the implementation of the upgrading programme. The literature review focused on 5 key areas which influence the upgrading of informal settlements. These factors included: affordability of the 'housing units, level of involvement among the stakeholders, planning standards and building technologies, housing tenure and socioeconomic factors.
Through in-depth analysis, the researcher evaluated the above factors using descriptive research design which uses both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The researcher used data collection instruments such as questionnaires, interviews and observations to obtain the data required. Some of the major findings of the study included; the project managers provided housing to individuals who were in the 18- 40 years age bracket, more than half of the residents of the Kibera-Soweto had no regular income, the housing density of Kibera-Soweto upgraded site stood at three persons per housing unit, the project managers offered public meetings as a participatory technique which was inadequate, majority of the Kibera-Soweto upgraded site sought private health and education facilities, the Kibera-Soweto upgraded area had inadequate spaces to do business activities. From the research findings, the researcher drew a conclusion that most of the factors that influenced the implementation of Kibera-Soweto informal settlement upgrading programme were not effectively articulated save for some planning standards. Some the recommendations made were; creation of economic activities, provision of areas for business activities to take place, provision of social improvements such as health and education services, training and social protection programs, monitoring of quality of infrastructure overtime. | en_US |
