Tags: Informal Settlements, Urban development, Logistic regression modelling, Dar es Salaam, Geographic Information system, GIS

The proliferation of informal settlement is usually counteracted by conventional reactive measures. These practices and strategies fall short to curb the ever increasing growth of informal settlements. This suggests new approaches and tools should be explored that urban planners and policy makers can use to improve the understanding and management of informal settlement growth. This research aims to model informal settlement growth, in Dar es Salaam, by coupling the potentials of GIS and logistic regression modelling techniques. The model is anticipated to explore the effects of various driving forces of informal settlement growth which are going to be thoroughly studied to generate predictive model. This will allow for much deeper understanding of the driving forces of informal settlement and enhance policies that are meant to deal with it.

Modelling informal settlement in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.pdf