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Community Upgrading

Community Upgrading is a developmental framework within informal urbanism that systematically enhances the social, physical, and economic conditions of marginalized urban settlements through participatory interventions led or co-designed by resident communities.

133

Publications

5.3K

Citations

238

Authors

119

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

33

Parents

Publications

133

Baan Mankong: going to scale with “slum” and squatter upgrading in Thailand

Somsook Boonyabancha · Environment and Urbanization · 2005 · 170 citations

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An analysis of informal settlement upgrading and critique of existing methodological approaches

John Abbott · Habitat International · 2002 · 153 citations

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Mobility innovation at the urban margins

Peter Brand, Julio D. Dávila · City · 2011 · 141 citations

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Orangi Pilot Project: the expansion of work beyond Orangi and the mapping of informal settlements and infrastructure

Arif Hasan · Environment and Urbanization · 2006 · 139 citations · Full text

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Social effects of urban restructuring: a case study in Amsterdam and Utrecht, the Netherlands

Ellen van Beckhoven, Ronald van Kempen · Housing Studies · 2003 · 138 citations

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Authors

238

  1. DA
    Diane Archer

    Stockholm Environment Institute, Thailand

    3 publications · 139 citations

    3

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  2. BT
    Bernhard Truffer

    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

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  3. PP
    Priti Parikh

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 106 citations

    2

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  4. CL
    Christoph Lüthi

    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

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  5. DD
    Denise DiPasquale

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 60 citations

    2

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Institutions

119

  1. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    186 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    405 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    333 citations

  5. University of the Free State

    Bloemfontein, South Africa

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    270 citations

  6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    159 citations

  7. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    168 citations

  8. International Institute for Environment and Development

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

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Venues

  1. Environment and Urbanization

    23 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. Habitat International

    14 publications · 846 citations

    14

    h-index

  3. Housing Studies

    3 publications · 235 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Cities

    3 publications · 183 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

    3 publications · 179 citations

    3

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