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DIY urbanism in Africa : politics and practice
- 2024
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- Protracted economic crises, accelerating inequalities, and increased resource scarcity present significant challenges for the majority of Africa's urban population. Limited state capacity and widespread infrastructure deficiencies common in cities across the continent often require residents to draw on their own resources, knowledge, and expertise to resolve these life and livelihood dilemmas.DIY Urbanism in Africa investigates these practices. It develops a theoretical framework through which to analyze them, and it presents a series of case studies to demonstrate how residents invent new DIY tactics and strategies in response to security, place-making, or economic problems.This book offers a timely critical intervention into literatures on urban development and politics in Africa. It is valuable to students, policymakers, and urban practitioners keen to understand the mechanisms and political implications of widespread dynamics now shaping Africa's expanding urban environments.
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- Marr, Stephen, 1976-, et al.
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Conclusion : DIY Urbanism as Politics of Interruption
- 2024
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Ingår i: DIY Urbanism in Africa. - London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic. - 9781786999016 - 9781786999023 - 9781786999030 - 9781786999061 - 9781350237537
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- Marr, Stephen, 1976-, et al.
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Introduction : Do-it-yourself Urbanism in Africa's Cities
- 2024
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Ingår i: DIY Urbanism in Africa. - London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic. - 9781786999016 - 9781786999023 - 9781786999030 - 9781786999061 - 9781350237537
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- Mususa, Patience, et al.
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Comparing Climate Politics and Adaptation Strategies in African Cities : Challenges and Opportunities in the State-Community Divide
- 2022
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Ingår i: Urban Forum. - : Springer. - 1015-3802 .- 1874-6330. ; 33:1, s. 1-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Residents of African municipalities exhibit a lengthy and varied history of coping with conditions of pervasive precarity and uncertainty in the context of an unevenly present state. The climate crisis compounds these challenges. Based on case studies from across the continent, this introduction to the Special Issue on the Politics of Climate Action in Africa's Cities presents research oriented around questions of "do-it-yourself" urbanism, sustainable development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts undertaken by socio-economically vulnerable citizens. It offers insight into how the urban poor respond to ongoing urban climate crises, the variable roles of an absent, ineffectual, or inattentive state, and the unequal power relations undergirding sustainability discourse and practice. It draws on a cross-regional comparative perspective that centres conversations about urban theory and development in a (urban) world succumbing to mounting pressures from climate change, environmental precarity, and pervasive inequities.
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