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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Urban upgrading"”.
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The role of professionals in partnership-based urban upgrading interventions
In South Africa, current urban planning models and traditional state-led urban interventions seem to have noticeably failed to sustainably address the integrated problems that are evident in informal settlements throughout the country. In the case of many current urban interventions, professionals …
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The institutionalisation of urban upgrading processes and community participation in Egypt
… government to institutionalise collaborative urban upgrading measures in partnership with civil society organisations. The main argument is that the latter cannot contribute to sustainable development, democratisation or to protect citizens' rights in low-income neighbourhood without …
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Participation as an end versus a means : understanding a recurring dilemma in urban upgrading
Since the 1920s, participatory approaches to urban upgrading in developing nations have demonstrated that involving the urban poor in the physical, social, and economic development of their settlements could improve their living conditions. These housing policies and projects have since been …
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Institutional synergies in the delivery of urban upgrading services : lessons from the Slum Networking Program in Ahmedabad, India
… associated with service delivery to the urban poor through the lens of the SNP experience. First, the thesis asks why a promising and innovative public-private partnership ultimately proved unsustainable. The thesis suggests that public-private partnerships in service delivery to slums …
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Public participation, political representation and accountability: the case of violence prevention through urban upgrading (VPUU) in Harare Khayelitsha, in Cape Town
The aim is to deepen the South African democracy at all levels of government. However, as local government is “the closest to the people” it is regarded by government as the most appropriate sphere to implement participatory democracy mechanisms. Pertaining to this, ward committees were introduced …
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The effect of the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) intervention on violence-related injuries presenting to health facilities in Khayelitsha and Nyanga
… comprehensive, sustainable interventions such as urban upgrading. Drawing on insights from criminology, these urban upgrading interventions have sought to use environmental design to ameliorate socio-ecological factors related to violence. Objective: To use injury surveillance data in order to …
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Developing a monitoring and evaluation system for the ceasefire gang violence programme in Hanover Park, Cape Town
… City of Cape Town's Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading Unit (VPUU). The Ceasefire programme is run by the First Community Resource Centre (FCRC) in Hanover Park. The main aim of this evaluation is to develop a results-based monitoring and evaluation system for the Ceasefire programme.
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Crime prevention through spatial planning : the case of Harare, Khayelitsha
… principles in the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) safe node area of Harare, Khayelitsha has reduced crime rates and anti-social behaviour. Furthermore, it also aims to provide planners with knowledge regarding VPUU's prescription to defensible space principles. The research …
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Development, Security and Displacement: An Ethnographic Case Study of Rocinha and other Key Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
… overlooked relationship between development, urban space, and security, and does so through a multiyear ethnographic study of Rocinha, Brazil’s largest <em>favela</em> (slum/squatter community).</p> <p>Since 2007 unprecedented resources have been devoted towards improving Rio de Janeiro’s …
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The Cape Town Violence and Injury Observatory (VIO) Validity and utility of data sources for a prevention-oriented VIO in urban Cape Town, South Africa
… violence and injury observatory (VIO) in urban Cape Town, South Africa. The specific objectives of each study component were as follows: • To describe the objectives of the pilot VIO, potential violence-related datasets for collection, data analysis and research dissemination plan (Study …