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Resilience in the face of insurgent urbanism

Erschienen am 13.01.2018, Auflage: 1/2018
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ISBN/EAN: 9786202199322
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 72 S.
Format (T/L/B): 0.5 x 22 x 15 cm
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Beschreibung

Resilience is an emerging discourse in urban theory and this book aims to explore its ability to produce gainful results in cities having both formal and informal planning practice. The emergence of this discourse coupled with the increasing research into insurgent planning practice in Southern cities has presented a unique and important opportunity to understand resilience through the lens of rapidly developing cities and more specifically through the eyes of their most vulnerable citizens, the urban poor. This book will analyse two separate projects, KENSUP developed by the Kenyan government and the Bio-centres developed by Umande Trust, an NGO based in Nairobi, by diving deeper into how the different stakeholders equip the communities in urban insurgent settlements to overcome their unique challenges and subsequently improve their livelihoods.

Autorenportrait

The author holds an MSc in Sustainable Cities through the Joint European Masters in Environmental Studies programme. She has previously worked at the UN-Habitat headquarters in Nairobi and is currently an independent consultant focusing on promoting sustainability in the rapidly urbanizing African cities.