Towards Achieving Resilience at the Rural–Urban Fringe: the Case of Jamestown, South Africa

Cash, Corrine

doi:10.1007/s12132-013-9204-2

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“…High and increasing levels of inter-group inequalities in urban areas have also been found to drive urban violence (Østby, 2016). Apart from population growth and economic hardship, the spatial growth of cities into surrounding rural farmland has been identified as a potential trigger for conflicts over resources such as land and water (Abate, 2019;Cash, 2014;Narain, 2016). Finally, poor governance and lack of sufficient service provision to urban residents have been found to trigger violent protests (Raleigh, 2015).…”

Section: Urbanisation Violent Protests and Communal Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism—Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia’s Capital

Pellerin

Ashenafi²

2022

Urban Forum

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Violent protests and ethno-communal violence in Ethiopia have been on the rise since 2015. Whilst the country’s capital has mostly been spared, protests have occurred in areas surrounding the capital, its suburbs and, to a lesser extent, even in its city centre. This article aims to answer how Addis Ababa residents make sense of and (dis)engage from/in violent protests and ethno-communal violence where they occur. The article explores the perceptions and experiences of established middle-class residents in the capital, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between June 2020 and May 2021. The article finds that, due to the city’s multi-ethnic character and the residents’ strong metropolitan identity, ethnic identity has not constituted a powerful tool for political mobilisation of residents within the capital. Claims based on ethnicity made by non-residents towards the capital’s resources have largely been rejected by Addis Ababans. Instead, residents have collectively defended their right to the city. The federal state’s readiness to intervene in protests in the capital has further discouraged and countered public protests and communal conflicts. The article reveals that, whilst ‘exceptional’ at the first glance, the peaceful normality of Addis Ababa has relied on ignoring conflicts within Ethiopia’s ethnic-based political settlement and has hidden ordinary, everyday forms of structural violence and conflict.

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Section: Urbanisation Violent Protests and Communal Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism—Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia’s Capital

Pellerin

Ashenafi²

2022

Urban Forum

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“…The dual development of high- and low-income settlements on the fringe is a feature, not a bug, in many centrally planned countries. Apartheid planning in South Africa intentionally created “shadow cities” on the fringe, where white and black populations could settle separately (Cash 2014). China’s national planning resulted in a rural mosaic of high-income commuter towns and low-income shanty villages (Zhou and Logan 2008).…”

Section: Theory Of Rural–urban Land-use Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Brinkley

2017

Journal of Planning Literature

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By fusing land-use theory from urban and rural development, this work builds a new theory based on the urban perimeter as a functional interface important to the health of both urban and rural lands. This new theory has its antecedents in biophysical sciences where studies on structural complexity offer insight into metabolism, growth, and resilience. For example, the structural complexity of a coral reef’s surface is an important indicator of growth and resilience for the reef itself as well as the many organisms that depend upon it. This work concludes with a research and practice agenda allied with the field of ecology.

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“…Urban sprawl and the consequent infl ow of people from middle to high income classes increases land and housing prices and exacerbates the vulnerability of, or may displace, low income classes (Squires 2002 ;Cash 2014 ). Similarly, profi t-oriented development at the peri-urban fringe may displace farming …”

Section: Hindrances To Integrated Approaches and Governance Answersmentioning

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Governing Beyond Cities: The Urban-Rural Interface

Ros-Tonen

Pouw

Bavinck

2015

Geographies of Urban Governance

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If 70 % of the global population will reside in metropolitan regions by 2050, this poses new governance challenges related to urban-rural interfaces and linkages. It calls for governance that stretches across scales and beyond urban boundaries, taking into account both problems and opportunities of urbanization. This chapter reviews the literature on urban-rural interfaces and linkages and discusses suggestions for dealing with them. It also addresses three governance problems that hinder a more integrated approach towards the urban-rural interface, specifi cally fragmentation, institutional inertia, and the inability to realize inclusive development. Based on potential governance approaches to address these three problems, we present six institutional design dimensions for a more inclusive governance approach for urban-rural regions. Bridging organizations, nested issuebased platforms, and combining governance with strong government are identifi ed as pathways towards inclusive urban-rural governance.

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Towards Achieving Resilience at the Rural–Urban Fringe: the Case of Jamestown, South Africa

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism—Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia’s Capital

Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism—Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia’s Capital

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Governing Beyond Cities: The Urban-Rural Interface

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