Beautifying the Slum: Cable Car Fetishism in Cazucá, Colombia

Álvarez-Rivadulla, María José; Bocarejo, Diana

doi:10.1111/1468-2427.12201

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“…The experience of shame by locals leads her to the claim that ‘defecating with dignity requires a toilet’. Álvarez-Rivadulla and Bocarejo (2014: 2038) state that for Cazucá, Colombia, the introduction of cable cars provided ‘a sense of dignity, visibility and belonging’ because they ‘symbolize[d] desires and meanings that go beyond those awakened by traditional poverty interventions based only on satisfying material living conditions’.…”

Section: Dignity As An (Implicit) Topic In Urban Geographical Researchmentioning

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Dignity in urban geography: Starting a conversation

Großmann

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2022

Dialogues in Human Geography

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Studies in critical urban geography actively deal with injustices and humiliation, employing concepts like equity, justice, sustainability and the like, but strikingly, dignity is not among such current normative concepts. Analytic perspectives and definitions of dignity are widely discussed by philosophy, legal studies, and race and indigenous studies, but a dialogue of this literature with urban geographical work is still pending. This article initiates a conceptual conversation between these traditions. It reviews how dignity occurs in urban geographical work, then presents contemporary literature on the concept of dignity, and suggests a heuristic approach that can then serve geographical analyses. We outline the potential of scholarly engagement with the concept of dignity and its merits in considering two classic topics of urban geographical scholarship from a dignity-perspective: the employment of dignifying rhetoric for promotion of mega-events, and large housing estates as a stigmatized type of neighbourhood. We highlight affectual and relational perspectives of dignity, including the interpersonal and societal emergence of dignifying or humiliating practices, and the contingency of the concept of dignity across time and context. For critical urban studies and human geography, we thus establish dignity as the moral status of a person, of a collective, and of a place within a given context rather than a universal moral status.

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Section: Dignity As An (Implicit) Topic In Urban Geographical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dignity in urban geography: Starting a conversation

Großmann

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2022

Dialogues in Human Geography

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“…For instance, the development of a metro railway system in Delhi contributes greatly to presenting a positive image of the city (Siemiatycki, 2006), and the installation of cable cars in Cazucá, Colombia, is part of the slum beautification projects (Álvarez-Rivadulla and Bocarejo, 2014). Similarly, while the concept of TOD originates from an anti-sprawl movement in North America, it has been adapted and tailored to meet local needs for accommodating rapid urban expansion in many Asian cities.…”

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Paving the way to growth: transit-oriented development as a financing instrument for Shanghai's post-suburbanization

Shen,

2023

Changing Asian Urban Geographies

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Chinese suburbs are dominated by extensive high-density projects around transit-oriented development (TOD), but the form of development and the role of rail transit have not been fully investigated. Based on a case study of the No. 9 metro line in Songjiang, Shanghai, this paper examines the logic and implementation of TOD in China. We argue that rather than an effective tool for curbing suburban sprawl, TOD is appropriate to facilitate suburban growth by linking land sales, property development, and infrastructure funding for suburban growth. Rail transit, therefore, functions as an instrument for financial leverage. Despite great economic success, however, the provision of public facilities and services for the large number of residents has raised new challenges for the local government.

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“…In this case, the most significant impact of the cable car was assigned to the sense of belonging, dignity, and visibility for neighborhoods disadvantaged by long-term politics. [46] Although many cable cars exist in Latin America, most evaluations are limited to the Medellín and La Paz applications, and causal evidence is limited [44]. Essentially, in Medellín, the goal of creating a cable car was to turn the historical reputation for gang and drug-related crimes into a city with greater public safety and inclusiveness [47].…”

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Are We Taking Off? A Critical Review of Urban Aerial Cable Cars as an Integrated Part of Sustainable Transport

Flesser

Friedrich

2022

Sustainability

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The overall growth of the world’s population and urbanization lead to rethinking transport planning, further developing the conventional transport systems, and complementing new ones usefully, especially in urban environments. One way to cope with this challenge is to leave behind the already severely saturated urban land use model and move to the third dimension. This includes the use of urban aerial cable cars, which can complement conventional public transport in certain transport relations. Accordingly, this paper aims to answer how the recent, past, or planned implementations of urban aerial cable cars are assessed in the scientific literature, what open research questions need to be answered to enhance the success of transport systems, and what the chances are of cable cars becoming a standard part of transport planners’ repertoires. Following systematic literature review methods, 54 studies from different databases were identified and processed in a multi-stage procedure to provide transparent insight into the relevant literature. The results, especially concerning urban and transport integration, are discussed in detail, emphasizing that cable cars have already partially found their niche, but their role in the urban environment has not yet been sufficiently studied. In conclusion, the study’s originality fills the gap in providing a review of urban aerial cable cars from a transport planning perspective by systematically considering today’s globally available literature.

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Beautifying the Slum: Cable Car Fetishism in Cazucá, Colombia

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Dignity in urban geography: Starting a conversation

Dignity in urban geography: Starting a conversation

Paving the way to growth: transit-oriented development as a financing instrument for Shanghai's post-suburbanization

Are We Taking Off? A Critical Review of Urban Aerial Cable Cars as an Integrated Part of Sustainable Transport

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