Third World Cities: Housing, Infrastructure and Servicing

The urban political ecology of water in Cape Town

“…Exploring water-management debates at the state level, in terms of regional administration, is an important first step in understanding how power relations shape the production and consumption of water at the city level. Accelerated urbanization creates serious challenges for many developing countries in keeping pace with increasing demands for water (Gilbert, 1992). In depending on grant financing for capital expenditures, the long tradition of supply-based orientation of public services has been criticized for failing to recover costs, resulting in lack of finance for operations and maintenance.…”

Untangling ‘integration’ in urban development policy debates

“…Dewar, 1998;Mabin, 2000). It also leads into a much broader discussion in the housing debates on state intervention in housing and land markets to achieve more desirable outcomes (Gilbert, 1992;Burgess, et al, 1997).…”

“…Gilbert (1992) discusses the World Bank approach to the link between economic growth and the environment. He explains that the Bank recognizes environmental issues as a crucial dimension of development and even recognizes the role of state to regulate.…”

Urban Upgrading in a Context of Violence: Perceptions of Security and Physical Space in the Case of the Favela-Bairro in Rio de Janeiro

“…Governments and international agencies employ on-site upgrading to improve conditions in squatter settlements (Pugh, 2000;Satterthwaite, 2012). States and agencies see urban upgrading as a solution to the challenges of state provision of housing and a move to support the self-help housing sector (Bhattacharya, 1990;Gilbert, 1992;Pugh, 1994Pugh, , 2000Imparato & Ruster, 2003;Satterthwaite, 2012) "Typically, area upgrading projects aim to improve infrastructure in a comprehensive package that includes water, sanitation, drainage, solid waste removal, and roads and footpaths. Also some form of tenure security" (Gilbert, 1992, p. 242).…”