Author: Ricardo A. Hilario
AIT Library Call Number: AIT SSPR no. HS-82-01
Year: 1982
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Special Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1982
Examination Committee: Raymon W. Archer (Chairperson); Nazrul Islam,, (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: For the past two decades, shanty upgrading programs have assumed increasing importance in housing action for low-income groups. Unlike the shanty clearance carried out in the past, shanty upgrading minimizes the disturbance to low-income residents in that the shelters are left as they are or improved and provided with d mix of infrastructural improvements. However, it is not feasible t hat all shanty settlements be upgraded nor is it always the case that resettlement can be avoided. For some shanty settlements— particularly those outside the mainstream of upgrading efforts— resettlement provides opportunities for improving the housing condition of shanty dwellers. In Colombo where government policies do not allow for upgrading in selected areas—ie. areas unprotected by the Kelani Ganga’s flood protection bund, areas requiring major landfilling but for which there are no such immediate plans, and areas o f higher-value uses—resettlement in alternative locations provides possibilities for improving the residential conditions of shanty dwellers.
Scholarship Donor(s): ASEAN-US
Note: A special study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology
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