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Historic Urban Landscape

Informal Settlements and Historic Urban Landscapes

Informal Settlements and Historic Urban Landscapes

The United Nations has predicted that by 2050, 66% of the world population will be living in cities (United Nations, 2015). To house this growing urban population, new living settlements such as informal settlements, squatter housing or illegal subdivisions have

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