ABSTRACT
Urban Resettlements in the Global South provides new perspectives on resettlement through an urban studies lens. To date, resettlement has been theorised through development studies and refugee studies, but urban resettlement is also a major dimension of urban development in the Global South and may help to rethink contemporary urban dynamics between spectacular new town developments and rising incidences of eviction and displacement. Conceptualising resettlement as a binding notion between production/regeneration and destruction/demolition of urban space helps to illuminate interdependencies and to underline significant ambiguities within affected people’s perspectives towards resettlement projects. This volume will offer an interesting selection of ten different case studies with rich empirical data from Latin America, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, focused on each stage of resettlement (before, during, after relocation) through different timescales. By offering a frame for analysing and rethinking resettlement within urban studies, it will support any scholar or expert dealing with resettlement, displacement, and housing in an urban context, seeking to improve housing and planning policies in and for the city.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|61 pages
Neoliberal Governance and Spatial Reordering
chapter 2|21 pages
Slum Re-development, Differentiated Resettlement, and Transit Camp
chapter 3|20 pages
The Politics of Urban Resettlement
chapter 4|18 pages
Transforming Political Subjectivities through Resettlement in Córdoba, Argentina
part 2|61 pages
Experiencing Change Through Notions of Home and Shelter
chapter 5|20 pages
Narratives of Home and Neighbourhood
chapter 6|20 pages
“The house is nice, but …”
chapter 7|19 pages
Resettlement and the Everyday Production of Lived Space
part 3|43 pages
Long-term Perspectives
chapter 8|20 pages
The Production of (Re)settlements in Maputo, Mozambique
chapter 9|21 pages
Experiencing the Politics of Resettlement in Lalibela (Ethiopia) through Time
part 4|19 pages
Outlook