Deidre Lal SchmidtHousing and Urbanization in Global Cities February 13, 2013

Working with Informality; Community-Led Documentation

Community-Led Documentation

TYPES

1. Settlement profiles• Settlement generally, not household-level• Tenure, Qualities of housing• Created with community leaders• Primary audience is government

2. Enumerations • Household-level interviews / surveys• Detailed information on residents, housing and services• Data shared with community, used to set priorities• Often includes addressing and ID for first time

3. Mapping • Settlement-level with varying levels of household-level• Structure and lot boundaries• Used to form agreements on lot boundaries, location of improvements• Technology (Aerial mapping, GPS and GIS) can’t supplant ground-truthing

Community-Led Documentation

TYPES

1. Settlement profiles• Settlement generally, not household-level• Tenure, Qualities of housing• Created with community leaders• Primary audience is government

2. Enumerations • Household-level interviews / surveys• Detailed information on residents, housing and services• Data shared with community, used to set priorities• Often includes addressing and ID for first time

3. Mapping • Settlement-level with varying levels of household-level• Structure and lot boundaries• Used to form agreements on lot boundaries, location of improvements• Technology (Aerial mapping, GPS and GIS) can’t supplant ground-truthing

Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

Ntuzuma G.Durban, South Africa

3,625 people755 Shacks, 65 Mud Homes¼ use bush vs. pit toilets73% Unemployed

Rent < 2% incomeFood 34% Schooling 17%Transport 15%

Some Findings:

Chico’s Ice Cream FactoryMarlboro, Johannesburg, South Africa

Chico’s Ice Cream FactoryMarlboro, Johannesburg, South Africa

“We are the people of Marlboro. How many are we?... We are saving, saying to the government, This is what we are doing, then can you come in and join us in making the area we are living in better”.

109 Families

282 People

Chico’s Ice Cream FactoryMarlboro, Johannesburg, South Africa

The data will now be used as a protection mechanism in the court of law. The community possesses the most detailed data on the individuals / families affected in the evictions.