@book{Ehebrecht2014, author = {Ehebrecht, Daniel}, title = {The challenge of informal settlement upgrading : Breaking new ground in Hangberg, Cape Town?}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-300-8}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71232}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {184}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Despite its many challenges and limitations the concept of in situ upgrading of informal settlements has become one of the most favoured approaches to the housing crisis in the 'Global South'. Due to its inherent principles of incremental in situ development, prevention of relocations, protection of local livelihoods and democratic participation and cooperation, this approach is often perceived to be more sustainable than other housing approaches that often rely on quantitative housing delivery and top down planning methodologies. While this study does not question the benefits of the in situ upgrading approach, it seeks to identify problems of its practical implementation within a specific national and local context. The study discusses the origin and importance of this approach on the basis of a review of international housing policy development and analyses the broader political and social context of the incorporation of this approach into South African housing policy. It further uses insights from a recent case study in Cape Town to determine complications and conflicts that can arise when applying in situ upgrading of informal settlements in a complex local context. On that basis benefits and limitations of the in situ upgrading approach are specified and prerequisites for its successful implementation formulated.}, language = {en} } @book{Pilipenko2014, author = {Pilipenko, Andrey}, title = {An introduction to stochastic differential equations with reflection}, series = {Lectures in pure and applied mathematics}, journal = {Lectures in pure and applied mathematics}, number = {1}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-297-1}, issn = {2199-4951}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-70782}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {ix, 75}, year = {2014}, abstract = {These lecture notes are intended as a short introduction to diffusion processes on a domain with a reflecting boundary for graduate students, researchers in stochastic analysis and interested readers. Specific results on stochastic differential equations with reflecting boundaries such as existence and uniqueness, continuity and Markov properties, relation to partial differential equations and submartingale problems are given. An extensive list of references to current literature is included. This book has its origins in a mini-course the author gave at the University of Potsdam and at the Technical University of Berlin in Winter 2013.}, language = {en} }