Community-based Approach for Improving Vulnerable Urban Space

Abstract

According to the statistics of UNHABITAT, about one billion people, one-third of the world’s 3.2-billion urban population, live in substandard informal settlements as of 2005, and this population is increasing by 2.2% annually (Fig. 1-1). The improvement of urban slum areas is one of the critical issues in the 21st century. As much as 40% of the population are estimated to live in substandard informal settlements in Manila. Even in Bangkok, which has achieved remarkable economic growth, the resident population in slum areas is estimated to exceed one million, and the number has not decreased.