Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South: Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities

ISBN-13: 9780367728632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 246 str.

Jennifer Erin Salahub; Markus Gottsbacher; John De Boer

Opis

Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South seeks to identify the drivers of urban violence in the cities of the Global South and how they relate to and interact with poverty and inequalities. The book explores what works, and what doesn't, to prevent and reduce violence in urban centres.

Spis treści

Foreword  Introduction: A Fast-Moving and Dynamic Urban Landscape Part I West Africa  1. Controlling violence: an economic integration skill in Côte d’Ivoire 2. Opening up or closing off: urbanisation, violent crime and the "poverty penalty" in Ghana’s four largest cities  Part II Southern Africa  3. Urban upgrading linked to positive social outcomes in Cape Town, South Africa  4. Towards safer communities: the impact of the Community Work Programme on the prevention of urban violence in South Africa  5. Is social cohesion the missing link in preventing violence? Case studies from South Africa and Brazil  Part III Latin America  6. Social exclusion, violences, and urban marginalisation in Central America: empirical evidence and consequences for public policy  7. The contribution of informal institutionality to safe cities in Venezuela  Part IV South Asia  8. Everyday violence in urban India: Is planning the driver or mitigator?  9. Pathways to inclusive urban development: contrasting experiences of relocated men and women in Colombo and Kochi  Conclusion: Reflections on how to make cities safer and more inclusive

O autorze

Jennifer Erin Salahub is a Canadian public servant. She managed the Safe and Inclusive Cities initiative, a global research programme jointly funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development.

Markus Gottsbacher is senior programme specialist with the Governance and Justice programme at the International Development Research Centre.

John de Boer is managing director of the SecDev Group.

Mayssam D. Zaaroura is the women’s rights knowledge specialist at Oxfam Canada.