Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Brandon Marc Finn |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206241240216 |
Pages | 20438206241240216 |
Publication | Dialogues in Human Geography |
ISSN | 2043-8206 |
Date | 2024-03-18 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications |
DOI | 10.1177/20438206241240216 |
Accessed | 2024-03-26 08:15:02 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | As a term, the ‘structure of informality’ aims to elucidate how informality is produced, and why it persists. I argue that informality is engendered through the informal/formal dialectic, which constitutes a multiscalar process that creates global inequalities across time and space. We can better understand informality by studying colonial socio-spatial inequalities created through urbanization. Taking seriously the arguments put forward by Cobbinah and Olajide, I argue that the structure of informality must also be applied to understand contemporary neocolonial practices in relation to sustainable development. These practices include the use and misuse of informality in relation to three topics: (1) as a mode of generating and sustaining socio-spatial and economic inequalities; (2) the nascent and undertheorized relationship between informality and climate change; and (3) the importance of understanding and theorizing global informality at the heart of sustainable development to influence policy and practice. These topics have grown in salience because of the global push towards decarbonization, and despite informality being a dominant mode of economic, spatial, and political life in most of the world. Informality lies at the heart of sustainable development, thus making it essential to re-energize debates on its structures, forms, and driving forces. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Anyi Milena Muñoz Chavez |
Author | LINA Marcela Cárdenas Cleves |
Author | Luis Fernando Marmolejo Rebellón |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478241229947 |
Pages | 09562478241229947 |
Publication | Environment and Urbanization |
ISSN | 0956-2478 |
Date | 2024-03-10 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd |
DOI | 10.1177/09562478241229947 |
Accessed | 2024-03-19 10:25:58 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | Zero Waste household practices adopted in informal settlements have facilitated the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and contributed to income generation, food security and the strengthening of the social fabric. In four informal settlements in Santiago de Cali (Colombia), these practices were identified through participatory methodologies, and statistical tests of association between variables were used to determine possible causes of their implementation. These practices were found to be associated with characteristics of the residents including their connection to the cultural traditions of their places of origin, their resilience and solidarity, the satisfaction of their basic needs and their search for a healthy environment. This paper discusses these practices, the elements that drive them and their main benefits, highlighting the need for public policies to recognize their contributions in addressing global challenges and for future research to quantify their contributions. |
Short Title | Zero Waste household practices in informal settlements |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Gotelind Alber |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478241230037 |
Pages | 09562478241230037 |
Publication | Environment and Urbanization |
ISSN | 0956-2478 |
Date | 2024-03-08 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd |
DOI | 10.1177/09562478241230037 |
Accessed | 2024-03-12 10:53:28 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | In collaboration with women’s organizations in India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa, an approach for a novel gender assessment of urban climate policies was developed and tested. The Gender Assessment and Monitoring of Mitigation and Adaptation (GAMMA) methodology allows for an in-depth analysis of the institutional framework and the mitigation and adaptation policies of cities. Its application by the women’s organizations in 14 pilot cities led to policy recommendations on how to integrate gender equality into urban mitigation and adaptation actions. The results of a monitoring exercise show that the project has made a significant step forward in raising awareness of gender issues and gender-responsive action at the urban level. It provides civil society organizations working on climate justice with a tool to push local governments to work towards low-carbon, resilient, gender-just and inclusive cities. It can also be used by local governments for self-assessment. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Vidhya Raveendranathan |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442231225741 |
Pages | 00961442231225741 |
Publication | Journal of Urban History |
ISSN | 0096-1442 |
Date | 2024-01-16 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc |
DOI | 10.1177/00961442231225741 |
Accessed | 2024-01-29 09:31:17 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Short Title | Beyond Urban Planning, Sanitation, and Governmentality |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Clashon Onesmo |
Author | Edmund B. Mabhuye |
Author | Patrick M. Ndaki |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-023-09493-z |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 47-64 |
Publication | Urban Forum |
ISSN | 1874-6330 |
Date | 2024-03-01 |
Journal Abbr | Urban Forum |
DOI | 10.1007/s12132-023-09493-z |
Accessed | 2024-01-22 09:44:30 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | The increased demand for secondary materials, particularly scrap metals, in cities due to development activities in both emerging economies and developing countries has increased the demand for recycling materials. It accelerated the growth of the circular economy and climate-smart development. This paper investigated the synergy between sustainable solid waste management and the circular economy in Tanzanian cities by examining the scrap business’s categories, quantity, market, and nature and the scrap business’s environmental benefits in Arusha. The study found that iron steel, cast iron, and aluminum were the most common scrap metal recovered and traded in Arusha. Offices and institutions, households, and garages were the primary sources of scraps. Over 314 tonnes of scrap metal were traded monthly in the city. The scrap business helped the steel industries save 300 tons of iron ore, 164 tons of coal, and 64 tons of bauxite while lowering their monthly energy consumption by 56%. Scrap metal trade contributes significantly to recycling, climate-smart, circular economy, and improving livelihoods. As a result, we call for a synchronized sustainable development and solid waste management system that connects product design, development manufacturing, and end-of-life products to improve the circular economy. |
Short Title | A Synergy Between Sustainable Solid Waste Management and the Circular Economy in Tanzania Cities |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Grace Kadyamadare |
Author | Melanie Samson |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-023-09497-9 |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 25-46 |
Publication | Urban Forum |
ISSN | 1874-6330 |
Date | 2024-03-01 |
Journal Abbr | Urban Forum |
DOI | 10.1007/s12132-023-09497-9 |
Accessed | 2024-01-22 09:44:25 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | Municipalities across the globe are implementing separation at source programmes to reduce waste sent to landfills. Yet typically, significant numbers of households do not participate. This article contributes to debates on reasons for low S@S participation rates through comparative analysis of participation in Johannesburg’s first S@S programme by residents in the low-income, predominantly black suburb of Newlands and the high-income, predominantly white area of Franklin Roosevelt Park. The article argues that how residents conceptualised waste, S@S and reclaimers (waste pickers) influenced whether they separated their recyclables and what they did with them. Class (which is articulated with race) played an important role, as while some residents in each area revalued recyclables via routes other than the official Pikitup programme, those in Franklin Roosevelt Park tended to separate for reclaimers, while residents in Newlands were more likely to sell their recyclables to augment their incomes or reuse them to reduce the need for new purchases. These separation practices and the quantities diverted from landfill were invisible to Pikitup, which only recognised separation of materials for its pilot. The findings highlight the necessity of expanding conceptualisations of S@S to include these additional routes to revaluation if we are to develop S@S programmes that are contextually appropriate and capture accurate data on waste diversion from landfills. In addition, interventions to transform residents’ conceptualisation of waste so that it excludes recyclables and other items that retain value could facilitate greater participation in this expanded form of separation at source. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Florence Muheirwe |
Author | Wilbard Jackson Kombe |
Author | Jacob Mabula Kihila |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-023-09482-2 |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 1-22 |
Publication | Urban Forum |
ISSN | 1874-6330 |
Date | 2024-03-01 |
Journal Abbr | Urban Forum |
DOI | 10.1007/s12132-023-09482-2 |
Accessed | 2024-01-22 09:43:57 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | Formal and informal institutions exist to regulate actors providing solid waste collection services in African cities, yet collection coverage remains low. The study examines the role of institutions in enabling and/or constraining actors’ participation and collaboration in solid waste collection in Kampala City. A qualitative methodological approach is employed by conducting in-depth interviews, focused group discussions, and reviewing documents. A dilemma in waste regulation manifests. Whereas regulations favour formal actors, informal actors predominantly provide waste collection services in poor neighbourhoods. Stringent requirements for participation and discriminatory bylaws are exposed. The interplay between formal and informal actors is vibrant but not legally supported. Therefore, it is prudent for effective planning to accommodate the operations of formal and informal actors and their interface to ensure smart cities. This might encourage participation and enable actors’ collaboration, consequently reducing uncollected waste volumes and illegal waste disposal sites in the informal settlements. |
Short Title | Solid Waste Collection in the Informal Settlements of African Cities |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Rituraj Neog |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sjtg.12517 |
Rights | © 2023 Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. |
Volume | 45 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 85-106 |
Publication | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography |
ISSN | 1467-9493 |
Date | 2024 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/sjtg.12517 |
DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12517 |
Accessed | 2024-01-22 09:38:57 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | This study investigates heat stress in 17 Indian cities during the post-COVID-19 lockdown period. The study compares thermal comfort experienced during the COVID-19 lockdown against that experienced during post-lockdown, which has not been previously studied. The analysis utilizes daily and monthly climate data from 1991 to 2022 obtained from the Langley Research Centre's official website. The net effective temperature (NET) and thermo-hygrometric index (THI) were employed to assess heat stress in cities. The findings indicate a sudden increase in heat stress levels during the post-lockdown period, particularly in cities like Lucknow, Chandigarh, Patna, Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Jodhpur, Guwahati, and Delhi. Moreover, there is a noticeable decline in the number of comfortable days for both THI and NET in certain cities, such as Delhi, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Ahmadabad, and Jodhpur, in 2021 and 2022. This analysis also reveals an overall rise in the number of torrid and very hot days, with significant increases recorded in 2022 compared to 2020. With a few exceptions, most cities show rising trends in THI and NET, causing Indian cities to experience more torrid and very hot months. This study clarifies the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on bioclimatic comfort and offers important guidance for future studies in this field. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Natasha Cornea |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sjtg.12513 |
Rights | © 2023 Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. |
Volume | 45 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 39-53 |
Publication | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography |
ISSN | 1467-9493 |
Date | 2024 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/sjtg.12513 |
DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12513 |
Accessed | 2024-01-22 09:38:12 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | In this paper I demonstrate the ways that the everyday state is produced in and through Lusaka's rubbish, although the state is largely absent from the day-to-day management of the solid waste in the city. This analysis draws insight from over 90 semi-structured interviews with a range of respondents in Lusaka, primarily focussed on the cities’ lower income settlements. I build on the overlapping conversation in political geography on the state as assemblage and the prosaic on the one hand, and the everyday state in the Global South on the other to focus on three key aspects of the production of the state: materialities, performance and temporalities. I argue that in order to understand the state in present day Lusaka, one must account for the history of state performance and imaginaries of the state that was. And secondly, that even in the absence of the state, the state may continue to perform and be known. |
Short Title | Seeing the state in waste? |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Ronan Mugelé |
URL | https://www.cairn.info/revue-norois-2023-2-page-107.htm |
Volume | 267 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 107-120 |
Publication | Norois |
ISSN | 0029-182X |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | Place: Rennes Publisher: Presses universitaires de Rennes |
Journal Abbr | Norois |
Accessed | 2024-01-15 08:27:30 |
Library Catalog | Cairn.info |
Language | fr |
Abstract | Cet article présente les premiers résultats d’une enquête de terrain sur les dynamiques de l’agriculture périurbaine autour de la capitale tchadienne N’Djaména. Il vise à décrire et à expliquer l’engouement des élites citadines locales en faveur de l’acquisition de terrains péri-urbains appelés communément « jardins ». S’ils se caractérisent par une grande diversité paysagère et fonctionnelle, ces jardins semblent investis avant tout pour leur importance sociale (sociabilité et récréation) et non pour leur potentiel productif agricole. Questionner les conditions politiques, foncières et socioéconomiques de l’émergence de ces petits espaces croisant de nombreux enjeux s’avère au final fécond pour appréhender le devenir des espaces périurbains d’une capitale sahélienne mais aussi pour observer le changement social à l’œuvre dans le Tchad contemporain. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Nancy Odendaal |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206231220711 |
Pages | 20438206231220711 |
Publication | Dialogues in Human Geography |
ISSN | 2043-8206 |
Date | 2023-12-21 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications |
DOI | 10.1177/20438206231220711 |
Accessed | 2024-01-10 15:34:07 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | Prasad et al.'s (2023) article, ‘Smart City Planning and the Challenges of Informality in India’, makes an important contribution to understanding the limitations of smart city planning practices in a Southern context. However, whilst informality is a dominant feature of Southern urbanism, the appropriation of smart technologies by those at the margins tells an expanded story of smart urbanism from the bottom up, thereby challenging the underpinning notions of planning and smart urbanism. |
Short Title | Beyond informality |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Aditya Ramesh |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442231215829 |
Pages | 00961442231215829 |
Publication | Journal of Urban History |
ISSN | 0096-1442 |
Date | 2023-12-18 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc |
DOI | 10.1177/00961442231215829 |
Accessed | 2024-01-10 15:30:23 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | In 1912, the Lancet published an article titled “The City of Madras and its immunity from epidemic plague.” The Lancet’s article was part of a spate of investigations by sanitary officials, bacteriologists, and epidemiologists into the reasons as to why the city remained largely free from the plague pandemic, which hit colonial India especially hard in the latter half of the 1890s. The absent epidemic in Madras suggests new ways to understand plague in colonial India and the relationship between the etiology of epidemics and cities more broadly. Colonial officials assumed that the plague would affect Madras in a similar fashion to the deadly outbreaks in Bombay and Hong Kong. The article follows varied explanations for the absence of the plague, showing how tropical environments were hardly inherently vulnerable to disease. Rather, the disease was constituted in specific urban environments, which had implications on understanding of disease vulnerability and immunity. |
Short Title | The Plague in Madras |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Wilma S. Nchito |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206231220725 |
Pages | 20438206231220725 |
Publication | Dialogues in Human Geography |
ISSN | 2043-8206 |
Date | 2023-12-25 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications |
DOI | 10.1177/20438206231220725 |
Accessed | 2024-01-10 14:55:45 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | The article by Brandon Finn titled ‘The structure of informality: The Zambian Copperbelt and the informal/formal dialectic' presents a discussion that, for me, needs to be had. I have always argued that some of these universally applied nomenclatures that have been used to label certain phenomena in the global South need revisiting. This is because they have been devised with a global North contextualization and do not adequately define the phenomena. Those seeking to define African informality most likely approach it from a Western context within which urbanization has evolved and developed to a level where systems and infrastructure work efficiently. My thinking on this issue is that ‘what would happen if we stopped trying to force development of the Global South to fit into western stereotypes?’ There seems to be an expectation of global South urban development to follow in the footsteps of the West. Meanwhile the development of cities on the continent have taken a totally different trajectory from the textbook cases that we find ourselves trying to superimpose on the global South cities. |
Short Title | Deconstructing informality |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Sarah Turner |
Author | Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham |
Author | Hạnh Thúy Ngô |
Author | Celia Zuberec |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1745-5871.12631 |
Rights | © 2023 The Authors. Geographical Research published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Institute of Australian Geographers. |
Volume | n/a |
Issue | n/a |
Publication | Geographical Research |
ISSN | 1745-5871 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1745-5871.12631 |
DOI | 10.1111/1745-5871.12631 |
Accessed | 2023-12-21 11:28:16 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | An increasing number of urban residents in the Global South are turning to rooftop gardening, whether through soil or hydroponics, to cultivate their own vegetables, fruit, and herbs. In Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, rooftop gardening serves as an important alternative to traditional wet markets and more recently established supermarkets. In this paper, we examine the motivations, practices, and constraints of Hanoi’s rooftop gardeners, along with the level of government support or disapproval for rooftop gardening. Our study is grounded in critical urban geography and urban political ecology and specific debates regarding informal life politics. Our findings reveal that Hanoi’s rooftop gardeners feel confronted by a critical food safety crisis, emphasising their need to access safe, fresh, and affordable produce through rooftop gardening. Simultaneously, they express scepticism about the capacity and willingness of formal political institutions at both the municipal and national levels to address and resolve these concerns. We explore whether Hanoi’s urban rooftop gardeners can be considered to be engaging in a form of everyday life politics and examine the dynamics emerging in this regard. We conclude by offering potential policy recommendations for Global South cities to support urban gardening communities. |
Short Title | Rooftop gardening complexities in the Global South |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Millicent Awialie Akaateba |
Author | Emile Akangoa Adumpo |
Author | Ibrahim Yakubu |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/geo2.131 |
Rights | The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2023 The Authors. Geo: Geography and Environment published by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | e00131 |
Publication | Geo: Geography and Environment |
ISSN | 2054-4049 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/geo2.131 |
DOI | 10.1002/geo2.131 |
Accessed | 2023-12-18 07:51:05 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | People with disabilities (PWDs) have an equal right to independent mobility and dignified involvement in society, which is intrinsically related to their access to inclusive public transit systems. Yet, very often PWDs face injustices of unequal mobilities emanating from a combination of access barriers. Based on qualitative interviews and Focus Group Discussions with PWDs and station managers, this exploratory study assessed the responsiveness of public intercity bus services to the needs of PWDs with vision, hearing and walking/climbing difficulties. The findings show that, despite the Persons with Disabilities Act's passage in 2006, intercity public bus transportation services in Tamale, Ghana, do not meet the needs of PWDs. Intercity bus stations and vehicles are not disability-friendly, leading to people with disabilities facing severe discrimination and having a more difficult time using intercity bus services. This is due to a combination of environmental barriers, legislative/policy inadequacies, negative public attitudes and low compliance of transport operators to transport provisions in the Disability Act. PWDs express deep-seated feelings of marginalisation and resentment about the uneven access to transport services and the violation of their rights to autonomy in movement. It is concluded that the journey experiences of PWDs have a significant adverse influence on their travel decisions and full participation in society. Hence, suggestions for further research and policy recommendations to promote inclusive transport systems have been proffered. |
Short Title | Towards inclusive transport |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Tathagata Chatterji |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206231217564 |
Pages | 20438206231217564 |
Publication | Dialogues in Human Geography |
ISSN | 2043-8206 |
Date | 2023-11-28 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications |
DOI | 10.1177/20438206231217564 |
Accessed | 2023-12-05 07:40:17 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | India's smart cities initiative signals a clear turn towards the corporatisation of urban governance by entrusting planning responsibilities to special purpose vehicles (SPV) constituted as public sector companies in place of elected municipal governments. This commentary argues that the depoliticised approach of the SPV-driven smart city plans could be detrimental to the informal economy in the long run. Municipal politics has been a useful platform for the urban poor to negotiate their claims over the city, as there is a clientelistic relationship between urban informality and political actors. The scope for such negotiations has considerably shrunk in smart cities, with elite coalition bureaucrats and technocrats steering planning decisions. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Harshavardhan Jatkar |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-2427.13215 |
Rights | © 2023 The Authors. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Urban Research Publications Limited. |
Volume | n/a |
Issue | n/a |
Publication | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research |
ISSN | 1468-2427 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1468-2427.13215 |
DOI | 10.1111/1468-2427.13215 |
Accessed | 2023-11-20 15:58:49 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | India continues to modernize, and the legacy of political modernity rooted in the European Enlightenment continues to reify itself in India through the performative practices of the body politic. The body politic is a totalized conceptualization of a society imagined in the form of a body, with real exclusionary effects on those without citizenship rights. This body politic is made real through performances of popular sovereignty, bureaucratic state practices and liberal democratic electoral procedures performed during urban development processes. Ethnographic accounts of politics of slum rehabilitations in Pune show that the modern body politic is indeed performatively practised, and reshaped, by the very bodies that are expected to be alienated for the making of the body politic. Bodies meet one another in different spaces and times and generate the possibility of reshaping the liberal body politic into relational and affective bodily politics. Together, bodies become both the site and the means through which political modernity is reshaped in India. |
Short Title | Bodies against modernity |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira |
Author | Alexander Follman |
Author | Daniel Tevera |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/geoj.12553 |
Rights | The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2023 The Authors. The Geographical Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). |
Volume | n/a |
Issue | n/a |
Publication | The Geographical Journal |
ISSN | 1475-4959 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geoj.12553 |
DOI | 10.1111/geoj.12553 |
Accessed | 2023-11-02 10:43:31 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | Contemporary literature on urban agriculture often analyses urban community gardens as ‘existing’ commons with the capacity to counter neoliberal urban development and resource management practices. However, the existing literature on ‘political gardening’ generally focuses on cities in North America and Europe, despite the prevalence of urban community gardens and neoliberal planning across other regions, including Southern cities. This paper examines urban community gardens in Cape Town, South Africa to assess their capacity to function as urban commons in six areas: infrastructure, inputs, land, produce, labour and immaterial components. This mixed-methods study employed questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and observations across 34 urban community gardens in the city. The findings and analysis demonstrate how the urban community gardens counter neoliberal privatisation and individualisation processes. However, their capacity to function as urban commons is significantly curtailed by an entrenchment within the neoliberal context. Thus, the urban community gardens are framed as ‘experimental’ commons, a valuable re-conceptualisation of alternative resource utilisation in neoliberal Southern cities. |
Short Title | Experimental urban commons? |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Prince K Guma |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206231206751 |
Pages | 20438206231206751 |
Publication | Dialogues in Human Geography |
ISSN | 2043-8206 |
Date | 2023-10-11 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications |
DOI | 10.1177/20438206231206751 |
Accessed | 2023-10-31 08:35:03 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | Smart cities have gained increased traction worldwide. This commentary situates smart cities in the context of Southern urban settings. I demystify urban informality and recast informality as a valuable marker in the study of smart cities. Reiterating Prasad et al.'s appeal to explore the centrality of informality for smart city planning and development in the Global South, I contend that informality holds epistemic value, particularly in highlighting smart city diversity, heterogeneity, and incompleteness. Accordingly, I advocate for a critical lens and analysis that fosters a more open and inclusive understanding of the intersection of informality and smart urbanism. |
Short Title | Smart cities and their settings in the Global South |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Fatoumata Diallo |
URL | https://www.cairn.info/revue-espaces-et-societes-2023-2-page-157.htm |
Volume | 189 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 157-173 |
Publication | Espaces et sociétés |
ISSN | 0014-0481 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | Place: Toulouse Publisher: Érès |
Journal Abbr | Espaces et sociétés |
DOI | 10.3917/esp.189.0157 |
Accessed | 2023-10-27 14:23:58 |
Library Catalog | Cairn.info |
Language | fr |
Abstract | « Ville intelligente », « ville verte », « ville productive », « urbanisme féministe », « urbanisme de crise », autant de référentiels de l’urbanisme contemporain étudiés dans ce dossier qui témoignent de l’influence du marketing territorial, mais aussi d’une déterritorialisation de la fabrique urbaine. Dans le cadre d’une concurrence interurbaine et interétatique généralisée, ce sont non seulement les grandes métropoles internationales (Toronto, Paris, Bruxelles, Singapour ou Séoul), mais aussi désormais les métropoles régionales ou secondaires (Curitiba, Lagos, Bogota ou Phnom Penh), voire les métropoles nationales ou des villes moyennes qui participent à cet « urbanisme globalisé ». La fabrication des modèles évolue aussi vers un processus de plus en plus institutionnalisé et professionnalisé où les consultations et les réseaux internationaux, les acteurs, privés ou publics, de l’expertise et du conseil s’affirment comme promoteurs ou prescripteurs de la « bonne ville » de demain. |
Short Title | Défier la « bonne pratique » |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Nicholas A Phelps |
Author | Adiwan Aritenang |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478231191363 |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 390-410 |
Publication | Environment and Urbanization |
ISSN | 0956-2478 |
Date | 2023-10-01 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd |
DOI | 10.1177/09562478231191363 |
Accessed | 2023-10-27 14:19:33 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | Urban (physical) and business informality and economic circularity may come together in cities of the global South. In this paper we explore the intersection of business and urban informality and circular economy outcomes in community-based clusters of informal businesses. These intersections are revealed in the relationship of businesses to the home, the localization of linkages (including the use of recycled materials) and the relationship of businesses to the local communities in which they are embedded. We draw on data from 203 questionnaire survey returns from five kampung-based footwear and clothing industry clusters in the Indonesian city of Bandung. The research confirms the ambiguity of the relationship between individual business dynamics and the communities in which they are embedded. Our findings suggest some points of policy leverage centred on business and community institutions, and lead on to avenues for research that might elaborate the ambiguous relationship between business and social innovation with respect to sustainable urban development. |
Short Title | The economic circularity of informality? |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Johan Mottelson |
Author | Alessandro Venerandi |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478231195512 |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 349-368 |
Publication | Environment and Urbanization |
ISSN | 0956-2478 |
Date | 2023-10-01 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd |
DOI | 10.1177/09562478231195512 |
Accessed | 2023-10-27 14:19:16 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | Several studies have documented extensive low-density urban expansion of cities in sub-Saharan Africa, exacerbating issues of inadequate infrastructure, limited mobility and human impact on the environment. However, the relation between socioeconomic factors and urban expansion trends in sub-Saharan Africa remains understudied. This study investigates the links between household socioeconomic status and urban form of informal settlements based on case studies in Maputo, Mozambique. The findings of the study underscore that (1) built densification occurs over time, reflecting an incremental house expansion process enabled by household economic resources; (2) households with higher socioeconomic status consume comparatively more land, contributing to urban expansion; (3) households in more recently established settlements within the city limits have higher socioeconomic status than households in older settlements located in comparable proximity to the city centre; and (4) rental housing is more widespread in the centrally located settlements and accommodates younger residents with lower socioeconomic status. |
Short Title | Urban density and socioeconomic characteristics of informal settlements |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Nick Dorward |
Author | Sean Fox |
Author | Thomas Statham |
Author | Levi John Wolf |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478231190735 |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 310-327 |
Publication | Environment and Urbanization |
ISSN | 0956-2478 |
Date | 2023-10-01 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd |
DOI | 10.1177/09562478231190735 |
Accessed | 2023-10-27 14:18:46 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | We examine Africa’s emerging urban geography from a demographic perspective and discuss implications for development policy. We adopt an approach that defines urbanisation purely in spatial-demographic terms in recognition of the decoupling of urbanization (as a spatial-demographic process) from economic development in Africa. Our analysis uses the most up-to-date gridded population data (WorldPop) to analyse diverse patterns of “urban” settlement emerging on the continent and to show that the crucial variable influencing urbanization estimates is population density. Our analysis confirms that increased population density and concentration are only weakly linked to income in Africa and argue that the profound spatial-demographic changes underway are driving implicit demand for “urban” development interventions, including changes in governance and planning practice. We conclude that a spatial-demographic approach to measuring and monitoring changing patterns of human settlements is both conceptually and empirically robust and suggest improvements to current UN statistical practice. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Nur Hussain |
Author | S.M. Shahriar Ahmed |
Author | Amena Muzaffar Shumi |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sjtg.12507 |
Rights | © 2023 The Authors. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography published by Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. |
Volume | 44 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 438-458 |
Publication | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography |
ISSN | 1467-9493 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/sjtg.12507 |
DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12507 |
Accessed | 2023-09-14 10:51:50 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | Urban Heat Island (UHI) refers to a phenomenon whereby urban areas experience higher temperatures compared to the surrounding areas. Remote sensing-based Land Surface Temperature (LST) measurements can be utilized to measure UHI. This study emphasized on geostatistical remote sensing-based hot spot analysis (Gi*) of UHI in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a way of examining the influences of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) on UHI from 1991 to 2015. Landsat 5 and 7 satellite-based remote sensing indices were used to explore LULC, UHI and environmental footprints during the study period. The Urban Compactness Ratio (CoR) was used to calculate the urban form and augmented characteristics. The Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) intensity (ΔT) was also used to explore the effects of UHI on the surrounding marginal area. Based on our investigations into LULC, we discovered that around 71.34 per cent of water bodies and 71.82 percent of vegetation cover decreased from 1991 to 2015 in Dhaka city. Contrastingly, according to CoR readings, 174.13 km2 of urban areas expanded by 249.77 per cent. Our hot spot analysis also revealed that there was a 93.73 per cent increase in hot concentration zones. Furthermore, the average temperature of the study area had increased by 3.26°C. We hope that the methods and results of this study can contribute to further research on urban climate. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Lucy Oates |
Author | Peter Kasaija |
Author | Hakimu Sseviiri |
Author | Andrew Sudmant |
Author | Aksel Ersoy |
Author | Ellen Van Bueren |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478231190475 |
Pages | 09562478231190475 |
Publication | Environment and Urbanization |
ISSN | 0956-2478 |
Date | 2023-08-31 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd |
DOI | 10.1177/09562478231190475 |
Accessed | 2023-09-13 13:19:01 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | The delivery of urban basic infrastructure services is often guided by the modern infrastructure ideal, which aims for technical innovation, economic efficiency and uniformity through long-term, centralized management approaches. In rapidly growing urban centres of the global South, however, heterogeneous infrastructure configurations have long involved multiple systems in varying degrees of coexistence. This paper explores how community-based enterprises – organizations that aim not to turn a profit but rather to generate human well-being – contribute to, complement or conflict with wider municipal solid waste management strategies. It does so through two case studies, focused on Luchacos, a local enterprise turning waste into briquettes in an informal settlement of Kampala, Uganda; and the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a cooperative of waste pickers in Ahmedabad, India. Drawing on empirical data and policy analysis, the research finds that, given the necessary state support, community-based enterprises can contribute to a range of sustainability and development objectives. |
Short Title | Pluralizing the urban waste economy |