Rapid Assessment of Squatting Report (NOTE: LARGE FILE)
Rapid Assessment of Squatting Report (NOTE: LARGE FILE)
Rapid Assessment of Squatting Report (NOTE: LARGE FILE)
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<strong>Squatting</strong> along Waterways<br />
People squat on the banks <strong>of</strong> gullies and rivers, exposing large numbers <strong>of</strong> lives to risk when<br />
there is flooding. It is not only lives which are at risk but vital watershed areas such as the Rio<br />
Cobre and the Hope River watersheds have been severely impacted by the indiscriminate<br />
practices <strong>of</strong> informal settlers.<br />
Of the five hundred and eighty five (585) mapped squatter settlements in Jamaica, one hundred<br />
and thirty eight (138) <strong>of</strong> them are within 100m <strong>of</strong> a waterway (see map 6), while more than fifty<br />
percent (50%) <strong>of</strong> the squatter settlements in Kingston & St. Andrew and St. Thomas are within<br />
100m <strong>of</strong> a waterway (See Table 2).<br />
Map 6: Squatter settlements within 100m <strong>of</strong> a waterway.<br />
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