Evicting the poor in the ‘overriding public interest’: Crisis of rights and interests, and contestations in Nigerian cities
| Autor: | Victor Onyebueke, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, Julian Walker, Oliver Ujah, B Lipietz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Eviction
Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences Humanitarian crisis 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Development Public interest Urban Studies Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Political science Political economy 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | Cities. 101:102675 |
| ISSN: | 0264-2751 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102675 |
| Popis: | Forced eviction is unquestionably a global humanitarian crisis. Africa and, particularly, Nigeria bear a major brunt of this ‘global epidemic’, which carries enormous material and human costs. Yet, eviction is frequently hidden behind forms of displacements which operate within the law, and are justified on the basis of public interest rationales. Drawing on a research project into urban infrastructure-related displacement in Nigeria, this paper explores the reported incidence, patterns and trends of urban displacements and their impacts in Nigeria over a period of six years (2010–2016). Through the prism of the holistic approach, it interrogates the conflicting ‘publics’ and ‘interests’ in the diverse displacement contexts, and argues that the ‘public interest’ behind official rationale for displacement is, in reality, a highly contested affair. The paper recommends that displacements, where unavoidable, ought to be planned inclusively against the background of meaningful engagement and procedural safeguards. |
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