Neighbourhood planning and the right to the city: confronting neoliberal state urban practices in Salvador, Brazil

Challenges to Residential Quarter Reconstruction: The Case of the Center of Yerevan City

“…But it is possible to find their solution based on the experience gained through time. A major obstacle was mobilizing residents, conditioned by their inability to sustain dialogue, the unwillingness of some to engage in public debates, a general distrust towards the proposed projects (due to repeated failure to implement them), as well as display of leadership attitude from some people, lack of competence and professional knowledge in the field [29]. Despite these setbacks, the experiment led to the development of design proposals that are expected to have a positive impact on the reconstruction of the district and will prevent further conflicts between authorities and inhabitants.…”

“…For example, the application of the active citizen participation method in the 2 de Julho neighbourhood in Brazil revealed which issues most concerned its residents. These included the lack of public protection in the quarter and the high crime rate that stemmed from it, the problems with its infrastructure, namely the poor condition of its sewer lines, which leads to the spread of infectious the absence of green zones, and the disregard of the city authorities towards trees [29].…”

‘Accumulation by appropriation’: The integration of recyclable-waste collector cooperatives in Salvador, Brazil, and the right to the city

“…In this article, we understand the struggles of recyclable-waste collectors through the Lefebvre’s concept of the “right to the city”, not because collectors use the concept and frame their struggles as such, but rather as a heuristic tool, since we believe that highlighting the connection between the labor demands of informal workers and the right to the city may cast some light onto the disruptive, anti-capitalist dimensions of their struggles. Framing their struggles as part of, or a step towards, the right to the city may also help the movement to expand its reach and alliances with other movements with similar visions and agendas, since the right to the city is a concept that many urban movements have appropriated in Brazil, as in Salvador, over the past decades (Friendly, 2017; Manzi et al., 2018; Walker et al., 2020).…”

Policy-Making for Sustainable Empowerment and Poverty Reduction Scheme in Nigeria

“…Thus, involvement of empowered stakeholders and issue-focused approach is rapidly substituting for representative participation (Kristof et al). Participatory development and the state-residents partnership have been very crucial in problem/need identification and ensuring enduring solution (Manzi et al 2018). The need for improved accountability to the rural poor resulted in development approaches that require community involvement rather than a selected few in the problem identification and solution process (Lunt et al 2018).…”

“…Improvement in efficiency and prioritization of projects requires community participation in identification, planning, and financing. More so, process and level of participation are critical for effective management and contribution to the need of the end users (Manzi et al 2018). Therefore, misplacement/ misalignment of skills and core of needy targets in the empowerment scheme identification, design, implementation, and evaluation poses great threat to the prospect of the global goals within the specified periodan indictment on government and decision-making structure.…”