Informal extension of public housing estates in Nairobi – an appraisal of historical typologies and emergent spatial patterns

Adaptability and Interconnectedness in Latin American Innerburbs: An Assessment of the Public/Private Interface in Informal Settlements

“…However, they have focused on typological identification as a starting point for more complex future studies. The findings presented in the study on interconnectivity and visibility in innerburbs are comparable to research that has analysed the public/private interface in informal settlements from a morphological perspective [30], identifying typologies characteristic of informal development in slums in China similar to the typologies specified in the study; other work has explored the study of interfaces from the lens of adaptability [58,62] differentiating from research on the use of an incremental approach to adaptability in urban interaction and extension networks in Asian urban slums and research on the creeping occupation of public spaces, the illegal appropriation of spaces adjacent to government-sponsored housing in Nairobi and the temporary occupation of street trading in easily visible areas in different contexts in the global south [17,63]. The incorporation of Space Syntax in the study as a system for measuring visibility and connectivity has revealed a precarious network of connections that foster social isolation and the loss of opportunities for social and economic development caused by a chaotic and disorganised configuration produced by the illegal inception of these settlements.…”