Informal areas are global problems that pose a threat to the urban environment and their consequences prompted urgently to search for... Show moreInformal areas are global problems that pose a threat to the urban environment and their consequences prompted urgently to search for solutions and methods to address these problems and limit their effects. This thesis examines the issue of informal areas in Yemen. Informal areas are houses built on illegal public or private real estate. In Yemen, these illegal areas began as a relatively new phenomenon and since then have grown at an extremely rapid rate. Increasing rates of urbanization, poverty, and unemployment have led to the rapid rise of slums and informal housing in Yemen. The UN-Habitat database of global urban indicators estimates that 60% of Yemen's urban population lives in informal settlements. The cities most affected by the rapid growth of informal settlements include Taiz, Al Hudaydah, Sana'a, and Aden.
The Yemeni government has done little to address the growth of informal areas. However, there was growing concern about this issue, and governmental and non-state actors alike began to consider new approaches to urban policy development and implementation.
The importance of the thesis is that it will limit the spread of slums in Aden in the future, and it will also be a good starting point for further research and studies on the issue of developing the problem of informal areas in Yemen.
There are many ways to deal with the problem of informal areas, including demolition and resettlement, and development upgrading and each method differs according to the region’s conditions, whether the urban, social economic, location of the area. This study focuses on urban upgrading to clarify its concepts, types and strategies, because it has become one of the most appropriate ways to deal with informal areas and to reach a sustainable urban environment.
The thesis aims to find solutions for informal areas in Yemen and limit their growth in the future by preparing a new strategy for dealing with informal areas, in light of the experiences of other countries, and in line with the reality of Yemen. Show less
