Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-05-09DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09422-y
M. Sihlongonyane
{"title":"The Nelson Mandela Bridge as a Great Sign of Urban Transformation in Johannesburg, South Africa","authors":"M. Sihlongonyane","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09422-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09422-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"457 - 474"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09422-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43298782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-05-08DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09428-6
B. Dzawanda, M. Nicolau, M. Matsa
{"title":"Impact of Virtual Cash Economy on Livelihood Outcomes of Informal Cross Border Traders in Gweru, Zimbabwe","authors":"B. Dzawanda, M. Nicolau, M. Matsa","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09428-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09428-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"521 - 539"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09428-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43931008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-04-30DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09423-x
Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues
{"title":"Where is the State Missing? Addressing Urban Climate Change at the Margins in Luanda and Maputo","authors":"Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09423-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09423-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"33 1","pages":"35 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09423-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43740157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-04-29DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09424-w
A. Panman, Ian Madison, Nyambiri Nanai Kimacha, Jean-Benoît Falisse
{"title":"Saving Up for a Rainy Day? Savings Groups and Resilience to Flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania","authors":"A. Panman, Ian Madison, Nyambiri Nanai Kimacha, Jean-Benoît Falisse","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09424-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09424-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"33 1","pages":"13 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09424-w","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42766457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-04-26DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09418-8
A. Parker, C. Hamann, Julia de Kadt
{"title":"Accessing Quality Education in Gauteng: Intersecting Scales of Geography, Educational Policy and Inequality","authors":"A. Parker, C. Hamann, Julia de Kadt","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09418-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09418-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"141 - 163"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09418-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45651073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-04-15DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09416-w
P.M. Irvine, Sinenhlanhla Memela, Zandile Nombulelo Dlongolo, T. Kepe
{"title":"Navigating Community and Place Through Colloquial Street Names in Fingo Village, Makhanda (Grahamstown)","authors":"P.M. Irvine, Sinenhlanhla Memela, Zandile Nombulelo Dlongolo, T. Kepe","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09416-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09416-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"333 - 348"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09416-w","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41358674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-04-15DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09420-0
A. Echendu, Nichole Georgeou
{"title":"‘Not Going to Plan’: Urban Planning, Flooding, and Sustainability in Port Harcourt City, Nigeria","authors":"A. Echendu, Nichole Georgeou","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09420-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09420-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"311 - 332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09420-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45772707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-04-14DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7
Nancy M. Abdel-Moneim, H. Khalil, R. R. Kamel
{"title":"Developing QOL Index for Resettlement Projects of Unsafe Areas in Egypt","authors":"Nancy M. Abdel-Moneim, H. Khalil, R. R. Kamel","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"349 - 371"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42194768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-03-20DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x
E. D. Kuusaana, E. A. Kosoe, Rockson Niminga-Beka, Abubakari Ahmed
{"title":"Spatial Justice and Inner-City Development in Secondary Cities of Ghana: Implications for New Urban Agenda in the Global South","authors":"E. D. Kuusaana, E. A. Kosoe, Rockson Niminga-Beka, Abubakari Ahmed","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"373 - 391"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44142937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-07-31DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09436-6
Kathryn Ewing
{"title":"Spaces of Transformative Practice: Co-producing, (Re)Making and Translating Fractional Urban Space in Gugulethu, Cape Town.","authors":"Kathryn Ewing","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09436-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12132-021-09436-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reimagining neglected urban space offers the potential for social cohesion, integration, and connectivity. The intimate, interstitial or fractional spaces of a city represent a key component of social infrastructure in a neighbourhood. The smallest of interventions in urban space adds value and complexity to urban life. However, fractional, yet deeply transformative, urban space is often unrecognised and undocumented. Transformative practice seeks to accommodate, anticipate and represent inclusive public life but requires discovering new content and definitions on <i>public space</i> to decode emerging processes of incremental place-making in an African context. The narrative focuses on a network of place-making intervention projects as part of an urban upgrading programme in Lotus Park informal settlement, located in Gugulethu, Cape Town. A set of tracings, integrated with theoretical frames, reveal the impact of upgraded urban space through firstly, emerging centres and the (re)making of place on the periphery; secondly, disrupting edges and the co-production process involved in the negotiation of space; and lastly, crafting shadows and interpreting traces of micro-interventions. The purpose is to explore urban space as continually adapting to the intrusions in the city grid to translate (1) innovative modes of spatial production; (2) dynamic forms of local agency; (3) marginal ways of operating; and (4) interconnected and multi-scalar urban processes of everyday place-making. The practice of co-producing and (re)making urban space in Gugulethu uncovers alternate mechanisms for governance, partnerships and operations.</p>","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"395-413"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8325039/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43207569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}