Situated Transfers: Coordinating water-sensitive in-situ upgrading with inhabitant-led housing development in Indonesian urban kampung

This study examines intersections between inhabitant-led incremental housing development and water-sensitive in-situ upgrading in six urban kampung (informal settlements) participating in the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program in Makassar, Indonesia. It examines how ‘top-down’ water-sensitive revitalisation interventions are best coordinated with ‘bottom-up’ inhabitant-led housing development processes. The research reveals ways in which inhabitant-led kampung development (including incremental dwelling accretions, dwelling adaptations, and ad-hoc infrastructure construction) interacts with the design and planned implementation of the RISE infrastructure and provides an evidence base to strengthen decision making for in-situ revitalisation interventions, and to support strategic thinking for future inhabitant-led adaptation in Indonesian kampung.