From Vulnerable to Viable: Integrating Remote Sensing and Housing Development for Quezon City’s Informal Settlements
(2024) ASBM05 20241Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- Urban development and flood risk management in Quezon City, Philippines, a rapidly urbanising area with extensive informal settlements, are critical given the city's vulnerability to flooding. This thesis aims to contribute to the theoretical framework for urban development in flood-prone areas by integrating a machine-learning model with contextual urban planning. The model uses a Random Forest algorithm to predict flood risk areas within Quezon City, achieving an accuracy of approximately 93% through hyperparameter tuning.
Field studies, including site visits and interviews with local authorities, NGOs, and informal settlers, provided qualitative insights into the challenges and successes of urban development projects. These findings... (More) - Urban development and flood risk management in Quezon City, Philippines, a rapidly urbanising area with extensive informal settlements, are critical given the city's vulnerability to flooding. This thesis aims to contribute to the theoretical framework for urban development in flood-prone areas by integrating a machine-learning model with contextual urban planning. The model uses a Random Forest algorithm to predict flood risk areas within Quezon City, achieving an accuracy of approximately 93% through hyperparameter tuning.
Field studies, including site visits and interviews with local authorities, NGOs, and informal settlers, provided qualitative insights into the challenges and successes of urban development projects. These findings emphasise the importance of community involvement, adequate infrastructure, and secure property rights in the success of relocation housing projects.
Key strategies identified include the effective use of flood risk maps for urban planning, the critical role of knowledge and information sharing among stakeholders, and the need for urban and housing development that directly addresses informal settler families. By aligning with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11, which focuses on making cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, this research offers relevant insights into urban resilience, housing development and improving living conditions for vulnerable communities and informal settlers in Quezon City. The study underscores the need for integrated approaches that combine advanced data analysis with participatory planning to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on urban environments and its vulnerable population. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- En fungerande stadsbyggnad och översvämningriskhantering i Quezon City, Filippinerna, ett snabbt växande område med omfattande utbredning av informella bosättningar, är avgörande med tanke på den omfattande risken för översvämningar. Detta examensarbete syftar till att bidra till strategier för stadsplanering i översvämningsdrabbade områden genom att integrera en maskininlärningsmodell med stadsbyggnadsstrategier. Modellen använde en Random Forest-algoritm för att förutsäga områden med risk för översvämning inom Quezon City och uppnådde en noggrannhet på cirka 93% genom optimering av hyperparametrar.
Fältstudier, inklusive platsbesök och intervjuer med lokala myndigheter, icke-statliga organisationer och invånare i informella... (More) - En fungerande stadsbyggnad och översvämningriskhantering i Quezon City, Filippinerna, ett snabbt växande område med omfattande utbredning av informella bosättningar, är avgörande med tanke på den omfattande risken för översvämningar. Detta examensarbete syftar till att bidra till strategier för stadsplanering i översvämningsdrabbade områden genom att integrera en maskininlärningsmodell med stadsbyggnadsstrategier. Modellen använde en Random Forest-algoritm för att förutsäga områden med risk för översvämning inom Quezon City och uppnådde en noggrannhet på cirka 93% genom optimering av hyperparametrar.
Fältstudier, inklusive platsbesök och intervjuer med lokala myndigheter, icke-statliga organisationer och invånare i informella bosättningar, gav kvalitativa insikter i utmaningarna med bostads- och stadsutvecklingsprojekt. Dessa insikter betonar vikten av samhällsengagemang, fungerande infrastruktur och säkrad äganderätt för lyckade flyttprojekt av befolkningen i översvämningsdrabbade områden.
Viktiga strategier som identifierades inkluderar effektiv användning av översvämningsriskkartor för stadsplanering, den avgörande rollen av kunskaps- och informationsdelning mellan sakägare samt behovet av bostads- och stadsbyggnadsprojekt utförda för boende i informella bosättningar. Genom att anpassa sig till det elfte av Förenta Nationernas hållbarhetsmål, som handlar om att göra städer och samhällen säkra samt inkluderande och hållbara, belyser denna forskning relevanta insikter för att öka stadens motståndskraft mot översvämningar och förbättra levnadsförhållandena för befolkningen i Quezon Citys informella bosättningar. Studien understryker behovet av strategier som kombinerar avancerad dataanalys med inkluderande samhällsplanering för att minska effekterna av översvämningar i Quezon Citys informella bosättningar. (Less) - Popular Abstract
- Can Remote Sensing and Housing Development be combined for more resilient living for Quezon City’s Informal Settler Families?
Quezon City is characterised by its exposure to natural hazards combined with widely spread informal settlements. This paper explores how housing for the informal settlers can be improved by using remote sensing and urban planning.
A significant part of Quezon City's population lives in informal settlements. Simultaneously, the country faces annual flooding. This situation requires flood risk resilience and housing initiatives in order to produce adequate housing for its residents in endangered areas. The study initially expected to uncover how direct urban planning strategies can be found from flood risk... (More) - Can Remote Sensing and Housing Development be combined for more resilient living for Quezon City’s Informal Settler Families?
Quezon City is characterised by its exposure to natural hazards combined with widely spread informal settlements. This paper explores how housing for the informal settlers can be improved by using remote sensing and urban planning.
A significant part of Quezon City's population lives in informal settlements. Simultaneously, the country faces annual flooding. This situation requires flood risk resilience and housing initiatives in order to produce adequate housing for its residents in endangered areas. The study initially expected to uncover how direct urban planning strategies can be found from flood risk mapping using remote sensing. In the end, the study revealed that knowledge sharing is the most important part in large-scale urban development. Above all, the emphasis on involving many stakeholders, subjects and people.
The research combines two study areas: remote sensing and urban planning. By combining the different subjects the advantages from both fields could be used. The study addresses questions such as how to produce a flood risk map using remote sensing and machine learning. Moreover, it addresses the question of how urban planners can use this risk map. Last but not least, how to carry out relocating housing projects to provide long-term adequate housing for informal settlers in endangered areas.
The results showed that remote sensing and machine learning can produce a reliable flood risk map. Long term relocating housing projects require community involvement, identification of flood prone areas, secure funding and secure ownership. Most importantly, the results showed that knowledge sharing is crucial at all steps: from risk mapping to urban planners, from urban planners to housing projects and the involvement of the communities and anchoring the risk mapping and planning strategies. (Less)
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- Emtefall, Max and Nordin, Olle LU
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- organization
- course
- ASBM05 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Flood Susceptibility, Geotechnology, Housing Development, Housing Relocation, Informal Settlements, Knowledge Sharing, Urban Development
- language
- English
- id
- 9176818
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- 2024-10-22 08:52:56
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abstract = {{Urban development and flood risk management in Quezon City, Philippines, a rapidly urbanising area with extensive informal settlements, are critical given the city's vulnerability to flooding. This thesis aims to contribute to the theoretical framework for urban development in flood-prone areas by integrating a machine-learning model with contextual urban planning. The model uses a Random Forest algorithm to predict flood risk areas within Quezon City, achieving an accuracy of approximately 93% through hyperparameter tuning.
Field studies, including site visits and interviews with local authorities, NGOs, and informal settlers, provided qualitative insights into the challenges and successes of urban development projects. These findings emphasise the importance of community involvement, adequate infrastructure, and secure property rights in the success of relocation housing projects.
Key strategies identified include the effective use of flood risk maps for urban planning, the critical role of knowledge and information sharing among stakeholders, and the need for urban and housing development that directly addresses informal settler families. By aligning with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11, which focuses on making cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, this research offers relevant insights into urban resilience, housing development and improving living conditions for vulnerable communities and informal settlers in Quezon City. The study underscores the need for integrated approaches that combine advanced data analysis with participatory planning to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on urban environments and its vulnerable population.}},
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title = {{From Vulnerable to Viable: Integrating Remote Sensing and Housing Development for Quezon City’s Informal Settlements}},
year = {{2024}},
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