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THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Subaltern citizenship: naturalization and belonging for New Russian citizens from Central Asia. [PDF]

Citizensh Stud
Bahovadinova M.
europepmc   +1 more source

REPRODUCING OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES: The Rock Mining for Indonesia's New Capital City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Indonesia's new capital city is designed to become a green and sustainable city. In this article, we examine the (un)sustainability of the process through which the city is coming into being. Using the sociospatial theory of planetary urbanization, we trace the dialectical relationship between the new city and sites beyond it to show how ...
Bosman Batubara, Kei Otsuki, Femke Van Noorloos, Michelle Kooy, Annelies Zoomers   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anticipatory action and pastoralism in Africa: a synthesis of current challenges, opportunities, and priorities. [PDF]

Disasters
Derbyshire SF, Jensen N, Mutua J, Mohamed T, Mukwaya P, Roba G, Njambi-Szlapka S, Thomas S, Tsitati G, Duncan A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to Decolonizing Global Health: Identification of Research Challenges Facing Investigators Residing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. [PDF]

Glob Health Sci Pract
Anane-Binfoh NA, Flaherty KE, Zakariah AN, Nelson EJ, Becker TK, Afaa TJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
wiley   +1 more source

China as data coloniser? rethinking cultural production, cultural mediation, and consumer agency on Kenyan and Chinese e-commerce platforms. [PDF]

Int J Cult Stud
Tse T, Zhang Y, Van Noord N.
europepmc   +1 more source

COSMOLOGICAL MARKINGS AND ERASURES: The Political Theology of State‐Led Gentrification and Heritagization

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates the symbolic politics of state‐led gentrification and heritagization, focusing on how these processes serve to ‘glorify’ state power. Drawing on Agamben's political theology, Bourdieu's notion of symbolic power and space, and political heritage studies, we argue that the symbolic politics of state glorification can ...
Wouter van Gent, Tular Sudarmadi, Bakti Setiawan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source