In the post-apartheid climate, policy makers and urban planners struggled to desegregate urban spaces for inclusive growth and social transformation.
Mumbai, not unlike many cities in the developing world, has undergone extensive urbanization in recent years. These rapid processes are not without complexities, and create stark contrasts among the different communities brought together.
A proposed massive expansion of a petrochemical complex in South Durban’s port area has come under criticism for both economic and environmental violence.
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.
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.
Integrated Development Planning (IDP) is one of the key tools used by the South African Government to deal with its developmental role in the post-apartheid era.
The paper focuses on resistance to the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC) plans for South Durban.
Over the last two decades, the state-led production of space, as part of worlding cities, has introduced new structural violences into the lives of poor groups in Durban, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro, and has met with resistance.
The link between poverty, crime, and urban violence is one that must be fully explored in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing models and theories aimed at reducing urban violence and crime are largely founded on experiences in North America and Europe.