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Satellite technologies to assist in determining the status of informal settlements : human settlements, construction and building

Alida Britz

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In a project to support the North West Department of Human Settlements to upgrade informal settlements in the province, the CSIR and urban planning consultancy, SATPLAN, joined forces to provide the first ever satellite-derived baseline information on informal settlements in the province of North West.

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Key concepts: Human settlement, Informal settlements, Upgrade, Geography, Baseline (sea), Environmental planning, Settlement (finance), Business