Stewart Brand on squatter cities

There's no unemployment in squatter cities.

There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works.

So, that's Kibera, the largest squatter community in Nairobi.

Ministry of Local Government, Housing and Squatter Settlement and Environment

Hey, that's a single family home in the squatter community.

The numbers are considerable. A billion live in the squatter cities now.

And this is Sultanbelyi, which is one of the largest squatter communities in Istanbul.

If this thief would hang, never again would a squatter dare appear on The Furies.

And then you finally get squatter homes like this, which is built on the suburban model.

The numbers are considerable. A billion live in the squatter cities now. Another billion is expected.

Demolitions of unauthorized displaced and squatter settlements continued in the capital city through 1992 and early 1993.

This is the squatter community in Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Bombay, India, what's called Mumbai these days.

Agricultural land surrounding urban centres is often converted into squatter settlements, housing thousands of migrants from the countryside.

So some people go to places like Shanghai but most go to the squatter cities where aesthetics rule.

This is the squatter community in Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Bombay, India, what's called Mumbai these days.

Because in town this is the bustling squatter city of Kibera, near Nairobi they see action. They see opportunity.

The previous government demolished squatter communities on farmlands in Dagon and Seikkan townships in the capital Yangon in February.

11. The plight of the approximately 1.9 million internally displaced people and squatter citizens in and around Khartoum has worsened.

Cluster 4 (infrastructure and housing) provided training in techniques for upgrading slums and squatter settlements as well as in community action for self help housing.

In the '90s, my interest and passion for transitional art forms led me to a new form, which came from a squatter camp outside Durban.

Townships, squatter, rural and urban communities suffered greatly from attacks by criminal vigilante groups, unknown hit men and persons alleged to be members of covert security forces.

8. The United Nations and its partners in relief continue to be concerned with the plight of the internally displaced population and squatter citizens in and around Khartoum.

The truth remains that the Government is in the process of implementing a policy aimed at improving the living conditions in these unauthorized squatter settlements through a town planning programme.

On slum upgrading, the challenge of preventing new squatter settlements was raised. Suggested solutions included ensuring that affordable, planned and serviced plots are made accessible to residents at all income levels.

In Kenya, for example, where women head 70 per cent of all squatter households, over 25 per cent of women slum dwellers migrated from their rural homes because of land dispossession.

Robert Neuwirth, author of Shadow Cities, finds the world s squatter sites where a billion people now make their homes to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour.

48. The Working Group was informed of the possible introduction of compulsory community service for all who qualified as doctors for a period of two years to serve in rural and squatter areas.

And here's the unromantic truth and the city air makes you free, they said in Renaissance Germany. So some people go to places like Shanghai but most go to the squatter cities where aesthetics rule.

Third, the report, in a clear act of injustice and premeditation, accuses the Government of consistently coercing its citizens into moving from their squatter settlements around the cities without providing them with suitable alternative housing.

The fact is that unauthorized squatter settlements in the Sudan date back to 1927 and that they remain despite the efforts of the then British colonial Power to replan them in accordance with modern standards.

Because in town this is the bustling squatter city of Kibera, near Nairobi they see action. They see opportunity. They see a cash economy that they were not able to participate in back in the subsistence farm.

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Similarly, it is estimated that of the more than 600,000 squatter citizens who had their homes demolished by the end of 1992, approximately one third have been allocated land in one of the resettlement areas on the periphery of the city.

So, I had been there almost three months, and I was touring around the city going to different squatter areas and Julius was tagging along, and he was bug eyed and at certain points we were walking around, he grabbed my hand for support, which is something most Kenyans would never consider doing.