Community Mapping, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
More than 80 percent of Dar es Salaam's settlements are unplanned. Floods are a common problem in many of these settlements due to the...
Flood Protection, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This pic taken in Amsterdam shows how using a buffer such as a dike can help protect against floods and storm surges. #cityexplorations...
Re-Blocking of Informal Settlements, Cape Town, South Africa.
Re-Blocking is an approach that essentially changes the spatial layout of structures. Results in Cape Town showed a decrease in the...
Informal grocery stands. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Informal grocery stands also offering their customers other services e.g. mobile money transfer, shape Dar es Salaam's urban face. Some...
Finding a gap (pt. 2): The owners of the street in Santa Cruz.
Wherever there is a high demand of parking space in Santa Cruz, you will find car watchers ("cuida autos") at the scene. Car watchers...
Finding a gap (pt. 1): Cartoneros in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Collecting, amassing, classifying, selling inorganic waste to recycling companies - that's what so called cartoneros ("the ones of the...
Formalizing the Informal, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The picture displays a Friday on-street Market on road no. 18, sector 13, Uttara Residential Area Dhaka. Its target customers are people...
THE CASE OF CAÑADA REAL IN MADRID, SPAIN.
This picture, showing debris of a recent demolition, was taken in Europe's so claimed biggest informal settlement: Cañada Real. The area...
Makongo Juu, one of Dar es Salaam's many Informal Settlements. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Makongo Juu, one of Dar es Salaam's many informal settlements. The settlement has a diverse population especially with regard to its...
"Köpi Kollektive", Berlin, Germany.
The "Köpi Kollektive" occupies this building since 1990 in Berlin Luisenstadt. The area gets more and more expensive because of luxury...
