Infrastructure urbanism: Roadmaps for servicing unplanned urbanisation in emerging cities

Towards a paradigm of Southern urbanism

“…Scholarship focused on materiality that is situated in the global South has largely focused on urban infrastructure because it 'demarcates both literally and figuratively which points in urban contexts can and should be connected, and which should not, the kinds of people and goods that can and should circulate easily, and which should stay put, and who can and should be integrated within the city, and who should be left outside of it'. (Rogers and O'Neill 2012, 402;see also McFarlane 2008;McFarlane and Rutherford 2008;Larkin 2013;Meth 2013;Fredericks 2014;Silver 2014;Criqui 2015;Trovalla and Trovalla 2015;Lee 2015).…”

Intermittent Domestic Water Supply: A Critical Review and Analysis of Causal-Consequential Pathways

“…Wutich et al [126] examine ways that the informal water distribution economy can contribute to advancing the human right for water. Social, commercial and technical innovations can help extend the coverage and institutional creativity needed for future growth [143]. Decentralized planning may reach more people and distribute power to lower levels for creative, innovative and responsive provision programs [144], although others suggest that community management can shift perceptions of responsibility to the more visible local figures [145].…”

Rethinking sustainable cities: Accessible, green and fair

“…Furthermore there are different priorities -for instance, basic infrastructure and supply of habitable housing rather than considering privacy or green space quality (Simon, Chapter Three, this volume). However, where there is a lack of planning, institutional creativity and 'bricolage' are found FOR YOUTH WORKERS AND YOUTH WORK to compensate such that it is not actually an obstacle to the extension of services in unplanned settlements (Criqui, 2015). Given these differences, there is a need for a Southern perspective in planning theory (Watson, 2014).…”