The Living Conditions Diamond: An Analytical and Theoretical Framework for Understanding Slums

What constitutes a 'slum' is much debated in the urban poverty and affordable housing literature. We argue that a focus on living conditions can help clarify this and present a framework, the living conditions diamond, for detailing living conditions and determining how the settlements we...

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Main Authors:	Gulyani, Sumila, Bassett, Ellen M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5806

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spelling	okr-10986-58062021-04-23T14:02:23Z The Living Conditions Diamond: An Analytical and Theoretical Framework for Understanding Slums Gulyani, Sumila Bassett, Ellen M. Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 What constitutes a 'slum' is much debated in the urban poverty and affordable housing literature. We argue that a focus on living conditions can help clarify this and present a framework, the living conditions diamond, for detailing living conditions and determining how the settlements we deem 'slums' compare with each other and with nonslum settlements. The diamond distills living conditions into four dimensions: (i) tenure, (ii) infrastructure, (iii) unit quality, and (iv) neighbourhood and location. This framework depicts conditions in graphic terms enabling comparison of conditions within and across cities. The diamond moves us beyond the notion that slums are homogeneously poor in quality, and facilitates analyses that can reveal why they differ. Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya and Dakar, Senegal are compared. 2012-03-30T07:34:38Z 2012-03-30T07:34:38Z 2010 Journal Article Environment and Planning A 0308518X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5806 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Kenya Senegal
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description	What constitutes a 'slum' is much debated in the urban poverty and affordable housing literature. We argue that a focus on living conditions can help clarify this and present a framework, the living conditions diamond, for detailing living conditions and determining how the settlements we deem 'slums' compare with each other and with nonslum settlements. The diamond distills living conditions into four dimensions: (i) tenure, (ii) infrastructure, (iii) unit quality, and (iv) neighbourhood and location. This framework depicts conditions in graphic terms enabling comparison of conditions within and across cities. The diamond moves us beyond the notion that slums are homogeneously poor in quality, and facilitates analyses that can reveal why they differ. Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya and Dakar, Senegal are compared.
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title	The Living Conditions Diamond: An Analytical and Theoretical Framework for Understanding Slums
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The Living Conditions Diamond: An Analytical and Theoretical Framework for Understanding Slums

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