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Tag Archives: informal settlements
Pick of the Day: African Cities and the Evil of Global City Development Paradigms
By Renard Teipelke A critical discussion about “Global Cities” is neither new to this blog (see for instance 1, 2, 3) nor to the community of critical geographic research. However, our understanding of “Global Cities” and “Ordinary Cities” in the … Continue reading
Notes from the South (Part 2): Housing under siege
by Ares Kalandides[1] (This is the second part on The (In)formal City project in Johannesburg. For part 1 see here) The South African constitution is very straightforward about the right to housing to all the state’s citizens. Article 26 of … Continue reading
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Tagged (in)formal cities, Ares Kalandides, housing, informal settlements, Johannesburg
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Informal Cities?
by Ares Kalandides For a while now, I have been working with the Goethe-Institut on a project financed by the Robert-Bosch-Stiftung called The (in)formal City, In an exchange between Johannesburg and Berlin, a team of 20 travels between the two cities … Continue reading
Pick of the Day: Why Africa Should Be Wary of Its ‘New Cities’ – The Informal City Dialogues
Some scholars have gone so far as to call the New Cities “urban villages,” distinguishing them from a “normal” city that gradually grows and evolves over time. New City projects emerging in Africa are planned urban areas, usually on the … Continue reading
Guest Article: What’s in a title? – Misgivings from a “socio-technical architect”
A young architect from Johannesburg muses upon her role in the local communities By Sumayya Vally Thabang is meticulously tracing over pencil lines on a somewhat accurate plan that he drew up of his settlement. “Here’s where we have the … Continue reading
Guest Article: Slum Tourism and City Branding in Medellin
by Jaime Hernandez-Garcia* Since the 1990s the second biggest city of Colombia, Medellin, is undertaking programmes and projects in informal settlements, to try integrate them both physically and socially to the urban fabric. Public space upgrade and community services such … Continue reading
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Tagged Bogota, Colombia, informal settlements, Jaime Hernandez, Medellín, slum upgrading, social urbanism
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‘Squatters are not home stealers’ | Society | The Guardian
‘Squatters are not home stealers’ | Society | The Guardian. The criminalising of squatters in Britain is part of a Europe-wide backlash. But with at least 10% of the world population squatting, can they really be a menace to society? … Continue reading
Under African Skies Coda: The White European
by Ares Kalandides It is not without a certain degree of apprehension that I wrote the five short blog entries about my experiences in Johannesburg last week (see here for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th). Here am I, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Diepsloot, informal settlements, informality, Johannesburg, South Africa, taxi rank
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