ABSTRACT
The United Nations projected that about 2 billion people will live in slums by 2030 (Bertaud, 2009). The absence of governmental involvement in social infrastructure provisions and housing condition improvements in the slum areas has led to extreme poverty, high child mortality rates and precarious urban conditions (UN-Habitat, 2003). The question of how to renovate the slums to reduce the hazards faced by the dwellers and the identification of legislative solutions for slum renovations are hot topics both for scientific research and for authorities, particularly in the developing regions.
