Street-led Citywide Slum Upgrading

2012 – 2017 — This training was developed by UN-Habitat as trilogy, being part and parcel of a virtuous cycle of training and capacity building focusing on slum upgrading and the role of streets in the transformation of slums.  The training program was offered in various occasions and for different audiences in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa from 2012 to 2017.  It is a complete training package comprised of the strategy paper on Streets and Tools for Urban Transformation in Slums, the practical guide for planning, designing and implementing slum upgrading programmes and the training companion that includes all presentations, background and training materials.  Participants attending this training have developed a full understanding of the phenomenon of informal urbanization and the appearance of slums and informal settlements.  Course participants will develop practical knowledge and skills on planning and designing urban interventions using streets and the area-based plan for transforming and integrating slums into the city.  The approach uses streets as the natural conduits that connect slums spatially and physically with the city and treats streets not only as a physical entity for mobility and accessibility — through which water and sewerage pipes, power lines, and drainage systems are laid – but also as the common good and the public domain where social, cultural and economic activities are articulated, reinforced and facilitated. Participants also develop knowledge on the design and management of citywide programmes that encompasses multiple slum upgrading projects.

 

 

Acioly, Claudio (2014). Street-led Citywide Slum Upgrading. Global Urban Lecture.

http://unhabitat.org/street-led-city-wide-slum-upgrading-claudio-acioly-un-habitat/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k12XNVzCUvY

https://unhabitat.org/urban-knowledge/urban-lectures/

 

UN-Habitat (2012). Streets as tools for urban transformation in slums: a UN-HABITAT approach to citywide slum upgrading. Working paper. Nairobi, UN-Habitat.

http://unhabitat.org/books/streets-as-tools-for-urban-transformation-in-slums/

 

UN-Habitat (2014). Practical Guide to Designing, Planning, and Executing Citywide Slum Upgrading Programmes.

http://unhabitat.org/books/a-practical-guide-to-designing-planning-and-executing-citywide-slum-upgrading-programmes/

 

Street Led Slum Upgrading Training Module.

https://www.scribd.com/document/311961187/UN-Habitat-2015-Training-Module-Slum-Upgrading

 

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Materials:

Day 1 – Session 1: Presentation

Day 1 – Session 2: Presentation

Day 1 – Session 3: Presentation

Day 1 – Session 4: Exercise

Day 2 – Session 5: Presentation

Day 2 – Session 6: Exercise

Day 2 – Session 7: Presentation

Day 2 – Session 8: Presentation

Day 3 – Session 9: Presentation

Day 3 – Session 10: Presentation

Day 3 – Session 11, 12, 15, 16: Exercise

Day 4 – Session 13: Presentation

Day 4 – Session 14: Presentation

Day 5 – Session 17: Presentation

Day 5 – Session 18, 19: Slum Upgrading Game – Outline

Day 5 – Session 18, 19: Slum Upgrading Game – Groups

Day 5 – Session 18, 19: Slum Upgrading Game – Roles

Day 5 – Session 18, 19: Slum Upgrading Game – Maps

Updated and Extended Exercises (2019):

The following exercises are an extended and modified version of the street-led citywide slum-upgrading exercise found in the Fundamentals of Planned Urbanization Training Compendium (2019).

General instructions

Team and participants’ roles