Authors :
Mululu Chirwa; Chongo Kaulule
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 9 - September
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7159160
Abstract :
Resilient housing in informal settlements
implies adaptability for a sustained access to proper
housing. Establishing the ability of housing to withstand
vulnerabilities in informal settlements can help the
majority of people in the world because most people live
in urban informal settlements, which are, places of
unplanned houses below minimum standards as defined
by the Hedonic House Pricing (HHP). This study
considers Lusaka’s Kalingalinga and Mtendere East
informal settlements where, a total stratified sample of
60 households, 30 from each area were studied. Findings
reveal that; intention to extend houses, improvision,
social cash transfers, and involvement in community
action are the most important grassroot initiatives in the
two settlements. A one-way ANOVA 2 sample variant
test at alpha level 0.5, 1 tailed, indicates greater potential
for enhancing resilient housing in the two settlements
using variables such as; intention to extend, space for
upward adjustment, proximity to service pipes, and
improvisions. Meanwhile, despite such potential, the
statistical(ANOVA) test has also revealed that the
existing housing situation (that is below minimum
planning standards) has not improved despite the
existence of such grassroot initiatives. Therefore, the
paper has sought to resolve this aberration by
reconciling grassroot initiatives with institutional
arrangements using an integrated planning approach
known as Polycentric Planning Strategy (PPS). To
achieve this, a system of interlinkage has been mapped
out, connecting existing grassroot initiatives and
structures with planning authorities and other
stakeholders to raise solutions for enhanced resilient
housing in informal settlements.
Keywords :
Resilience, Grassroot Initiatives, Housing, Integration.
Resilient housing in informal settlements
implies adaptability for a sustained access to proper
housing. Establishing the ability of housing to withstand
vulnerabilities in informal settlements can help the
majority of people in the world because most people live
in urban informal settlements, which are, places of
unplanned houses below minimum standards as defined
by the Hedonic House Pricing (HHP). This study
considers Lusaka’s Kalingalinga and Mtendere East
informal settlements where, a total stratified sample of
60 households, 30 from each area were studied. Findings
reveal that; intention to extend houses, improvision,
social cash transfers, and involvement in community
action are the most important grassroot initiatives in the
two settlements. A one-way ANOVA 2 sample variant
test at alpha level 0.5, 1 tailed, indicates greater potential
for enhancing resilient housing in the two settlements
using variables such as; intention to extend, space for
upward adjustment, proximity to service pipes, and
improvisions. Meanwhile, despite such potential, the
statistical(ANOVA) test has also revealed that the
existing housing situation (that is below minimum
planning standards) has not improved despite the
existence of such grassroot initiatives. Therefore, the
paper has sought to resolve this aberration by
reconciling grassroot initiatives with institutional
arrangements using an integrated planning approach
known as Polycentric Planning Strategy (PPS). To
achieve this, a system of interlinkage has been mapped
out, connecting existing grassroot initiatives and
structures with planning authorities and other
stakeholders to raise solutions for enhanced resilient
housing in informal settlements.
Keywords :
Resilience, Grassroot Initiatives, Housing, Integration.
