Urban qualities and residents’ strategies in compact global south cities: the case of Havana
| Autor: | Jenny Stenberg, María José Zapata Campos, Michael Oloko, Jaan-Henrik Kain, Patrik Zapata |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sustainable development
Economic growth Entrepreneurship 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Active citizenship Urban Studies Public space Urbanization Human geography Compact city Sociology 050703 geography Urbanism |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 37:529-551 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7772 1566-4910 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10901-021-09856-7 |
| Popis: | Research and policy argue for more compact cities to respond to sustainable development challenges. However, what actually needs to be made more compact and how, is under examined, particularly in global South cities where north notions of urban qualities are adopted without being questioned. Informed by a qualitative study in informal and compact neighborhoods in Havana, this paper explores which qualities are important to deliver more just cities, and what strategies are developed by residents to strengthen beneficial qualities and address detrimental qualities in contexts of informal urbanization and compactness. It shows how the street, human capital, neighborhood, housing affordability, citizenship and vibrancy are significant compact city qualities neglected in the literature. Finally, the paper shows how diverse strategies are developed by residents to draw upon these qualities, such as self-help urbanism, learning and innovation, economic entrepreneurship, networks of solidarity, economies of reciprocity, local imaginaries and active citizenship. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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