Development Workshop with support from the International Development
Resaerch Centre (IDRC) carried out the Poverty and Environmental
Vulnerability in Angola’s Growing Slums research project from 2009 to
2012 in three urban areas of Angola, namely Luanda (the capital city of
Angola), Huambo (the capital of Huambo Province), and Catchiungo (the
main town in the District of Catchiungo in Huambo Province). The urban
areas of Luanda, Huambo, and Catchiungo were chosen for this study, as
they are dissimilar and were considered to be representative of
different types of urban areas in Angola. The study used field research
and new mapping techniques to supply baseline data on the five
indicators which the United Nations uses to define slums for the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and, secondly, to explore in more
depth the spatial aspects of poverty and urban environmental issues in
Luanda.
