Africa’s urban risk and resilience

Fraser, Arabella; Leck, Hayley; Parnell, Susan; Pelling, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.09.050

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“…A significant proportion of current and future development will be concentrated in the towns and cities of sub-Saharan Africa. This offers vast potential but at the same time such development futures are intertwined with risks and losses from disaster events [2]. This paper has shown that contemporary risk management regimes in the four case study cities across sSA are characterised by considerable gaps and blockages for dealing with current and future risk, yet there are also several significant emerging opportunities and innovative initiatives for overcoming these barriers.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…This paper has shown that efforts to address urban development and governance challenges can support risk reduction, as well as challenge underlying political and power relations between diverse urban actors. Urban risk governance includes all institutions that impact risk, not only formal administering and management of disaster risk [2]. This does not downgrade the importance of action by the formal institutions of the state (national and local governments and their associated agencies) but rather reflects the increasingly recognised principle of coproduction.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this paper, we show how opportunities for transition arise through several channels, notably through effective multi-level governance where organised civil society collaborates with the city government and other actors in networked arrangements [5]. The recent increase in citizen-led approaches for data collection, monitoring, recording of events and online data management is critical for advancing early warning on hazards, but often these initiatives remain limited to larger cities [2,5]. However, these transitions can be constrained by several factors such as in contexts where effective risk data and forecasting mechanisms and capacities are not present.…”

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“…sSA is important because of large proportions of urban populations with high vulnerability and growing exposure to risks [2]. High rates of urban growth pose increasing risks moving into the future yet there is also opportunity to reduce risk through integrating risk management into development and for reforming urban development processes [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This connects to SDG's which integrate risk management throughout, specifically in Goal 1: Eradicating Poverty, and Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Particularly important for the SDGs is understanding and addressing the full spectrum of risk, encompassing everyday risks (e.g., environmental/public health risk; man-made hazards-poor solid waste management), small and large events, their interlinkages and relative changes in their nature, scale and distribution [2]. This paper draws from a large multi-disciplinary, multi-country programme of research and capacity building-Urban Africa: Risk, Knowledge (Urban ARK) focused on understanding risk in sSA.…”

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Towards Risk-Sensitive and Transformative Urban Development in Sub Saharan Africa

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Risk-sensitive urban development is required to reduce accumulated risk and to better consider risk when planning new developments. To deliver a sustainable city for all requires a more frank and comprehensive focus on procedure: On who makes decisions, under which frameworks, based upon what kind of data or knowledge, and with what degree and direction of accountability? Acting on these procedural questions is the promise of transformative urban development. This paper explores the status of risk sensitive and transformative urban development and the scope for transition towards these components of sustainability in urban sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of diverse city cases: Karonga (Malawi), Ibadan (Nigeria), Niamey (Niger) and Nairobi (Kenya). The paper draws from a 3-year research and capacity building programme called Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge that aims to address gaps in data, understandings and capacity to break cycles of risk accumulation. A common analytical framework is presented to help identify blockages and opportunities for transition towards a risk-sensitive and transformative urban development. This framework is then illustrated through each city in turn and a concluding discussion reflects on city observations to draw out recommendations for city level and wider action and research partnerships.

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Polio‐philanthropy in Africa: A narrative review

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Background and Aim: Polio eradication efforts including polio-philanthropy have been coordinated and sustained since 1988, with the introduction of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). The polio fight is sustained in the name of evidence-based benevolence or beneficent philanthropy from which Africa has benefited immensely. With the recorded polio cases as of 2023, more efforts and funds are required to eradicate polio. Hence, it is not yet "Uhuru." Using the Mertonian lens, this study examines polio-philanthropy in Africa, its unintended consequences, and crucial dilemmas, which could impact the polio fight and polio-philanthropy.Methods: This is a narrative review that relies on secondary sources obtained through a thorough literature search. Only studies published in English were utilized.The study synthesized relevant literature in line with the study objective. The following databases were consulted: PubMed, philosopher's index, web of knowledge, Google Scholar, and Sociological Abstracts. Both empirical and theoretical studies were utilized for the study.Results: Despite significant achievements, the global initiative has shortcomings when examined through the Mertonian lens of manifest and latent functions. The GPEI sets a unilinear goal within multiple challenges. The activities of the philanthropic giants manifest in disempowering rigor, multisectoral neglect, and parallel (health) systems, sometimes, inimical to the national health system. Most philanthropic giants often operate vertically. It is observed that, apart from funding, the last phase of polio-philanthropy will be defined by some crucial factors, the 4Cs:Communicable disease outbreaks, Conflict, Climate-related disasters, and Conspiracy theory, which could impact the prevalence or resurgence of polio. Conclusion:The polio fight will benefit from the persistent drive to reach the finish line as scheduled. The latent consequences or dysfunctions are general lessons for GPEI and other global health initiatives. Therefore, decision-makers should calculate the net balance of consequences within global health philanthropy for appropriate mitigation.

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Africa’s urban risk and resilience

Cited by 43 publications

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Towards Risk-Sensitive and Transformative Urban Development in Sub Saharan Africa

Towards Risk-Sensitive and Transformative Urban Development in Sub Saharan Africa

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Polio‐philanthropy in Africa: A narrative review

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