Frey, Pierrede Maat, Sytse2013-11-212013-11-212013-11-212012https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/97150Improving living conditions of the poor often involves a drastic change in lifestyle, in order to fit daily life into industrially produced dwellings. Slum rehabilitation programs replacing informal settlements with standardized mass housing, have often resulted in a socio-cultural mismatch of inhabitants and the built environment. Participation strategies meant to counter this problem, show little effect unless the user is in charge. What is the problem with development and participation?human settlementinformal settlementuser participationsites and servicesincremental developmenttext::conference output::conference poster not in proceedings