This practice brief provides an overview of upgrading as an approach to development. This serves not only to highlight the merits of upgrading, as well as key principles such as participation and incrementalism, but also to draw out some of the potential limitations to the successful large-scale implementation of upgrading interventions in South Africa.
Participatory Informal Settlement Upgrading in South Africa: moving from theory to practice (2014)
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Additional Info
- Year: 2014
- Themes: Participatory Informal Settlement Upgrading
- Type: Practice Brief
- Practice Area: Urban Land
- Project: Building communities of practice to advance participatory approaches to informal settlement upgrading
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