Area 3 of 3 · Proposed research direction
Urban service-gap mapping
Informal settlements in a selected African city
Thematic alignment assessed by Axum; not an endorsement or funding commitment from the United Nations.
Research question
Can locally verified service maps help municipalities target underserved neighbourhoods?
Product direction
A planning workspace combining resident reports with geospatial evidence.
What needs to be established
Check mapped gaps on the ground and measure whether decisions improve service access.
Evidence and further reading
Urban Service Delivery in Africa · Development Policy Review ↗The source provides context or existing research. The proposed product direction is an Axum discovery hypothesis, not a finding that a new invention is patentable.
AXUM FUNDING
Funding allocated to this research area
Not yet reported
No verified Axum allocation has been published for urban service-gap mapping. This is not a statement that funding is zero.
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