In the post-apartheid climate, policy makers and urban planners struggled to desegregate urban spaces for inclusive growth and social transformation.
This research questions the nature of the contemporary Indian state, its relationship to neoliberalism, implications for the poor, and governance in relation to settlements and the urban poor.
In South Africa the emergence of informal settlements was inextricably linked to race-based urban policies, in which housing played a vital role.
In tackling issues of justice and violence, spatiality and the physical layout of urban communities comes to be important factors for examination.
This is a case study of Kamathipura, a dense, crumbling neighbourhood located in the heart of the island city of Mumbai, and one of Asia’s largest and oldest red light districts with a reputation synonymous with urban poverty, filth, crime, and im
This case study of the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) in Mumbai analyzes the impact and implications of the large scale project on the socio-spatial make-up of the city.
The project looks at the complexity of factors leading to violence and insecurity in cities, while also examining responses of dispossessed groups who address and confront violence.
This research examines how apartheid legislation and history have shaped poverty and inequality in Cato Manor (part of the municipality of Durban, South Africa); it assesses the impact of post-apartheid reconstruction and development strategies in
In terms of the splintering of cities, it is important to understand contemporary urbanization processes, speculative real estate development, and ways to challenge these via new modes of politics.
Les villes regroupent sur un territoire donné, des hommes et des femmes et leurs activités avec le projet commun de vivre ensemble.