Haphazard housing issue in Yemen Al-Kodah Neighborhood in Mukalla : case study

Abstract EN

Since the 60s of the last century, Yemen has faced the consequences of rapid urbanization, which has led to the emergence of the phenomenon of haphazard human settlements around the major cities.

This research tackles the concept of haphazard housing, its classification, the reasons for its spread in general and the approaches of dealing with it.

It also highlights one of the slums in the city of Al-Mukalla in Hadramout Governorate as a special case study wherein the urban and architectural situation is analyzed in addition to identifying the economic and social status of the segment of the residents.

In order to document all aspects related to thye completion and construction of the houses, it has been relied on field tours and surveys, as well as direct conversations with the beneficiaries to observe cases of the present situation.

This served as well to assess existing designs and to study the actual use of the architectural and urban realm by the relevant social segment.

In addition, multiple-target questionnaires have been adopted to complete the observation of the current state with all its material and social data to come up with the results related to the theoretical and practical study.

This research concludes with drafting some recommendations that have been reached to achieve the aims of the research.