Houses of cards and concrete: (In)stability configurations and seeds of destabilisation of Phnom Penh’s building regime

Jayaweera, Ravi; Rohracher, Harald; Becker, Annalena; Waibel, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103744

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“…utilities are publicly or privately operated' [42] (p. 87). Indeed, conventional management approaches are based primarily on socio-political structures in the Global North [43]. Many of the barriers that low-income households face in acquiring decent housing-for example, affordability, location, and quality of the structure-exist regardless of whether housing is delivered by public or private institutions or, as is often the case, a blend of the two.…”

Section: Alternative Approaches To Housing Provisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conventional housing approaches can be said to be failing not only for their inhabitants but for the environment too. Exploring alternative options to mainstream housing provision can therefore be seen as a 'window of opportunity for a transition to long-term urban sustainability' [43]. It offers the opportunity both to contribute to the achievement of global sustainability and development targets, like the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, and to afford all humans the right to live in dignity and comfort.…”

Section: Alternative Approaches To Housing Provisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community Participation in Urban Land and Housing Delivery: Evidence from Kerala (India) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Oates,

Datey,

Sudmant

et al. 2024

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Current approaches to the provision of shelter, largely driven by national governments and/or the commercial private sector, continue to fall short of what is needed to reduce housing deficits. The number of people without access to adequate housing continues to grow, especially in cities of the Global South. Increasing attention is being paid to alternative models for organizing land and housing delivery, such as those led by, or at least including, civil society. In this paper, we consider two national land and housing programs—the 20,000 Plots Project in Tanzania, and Basic Services for the Urban Poor (BSUP) in India—alongside community-led housing initiatives from each country. We explore the extent to which community participation in housing delivery can have social and environmental advantages when compared to ‘business as usual’ methods and find that, given appropriate state support, community-based, and civil society actors (including organizations of the urban poor) have significant potential to contribute to acquiring land, building homes and improving the quality of life of vulnerable segments of the population. This paper echoes calls for community-led housing to become a recognized part of formal housing policy whilst emphasizing the need for theoretical refinement of the process so as to prevent it from being captured by prevailing market-led narratives.

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Section: Alternative Approaches To Housing Provisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Alternative Approaches To Housing Provisionmentioning

confidence: 99%