African Urbanism Contesting Formality and Informality in Maputo
African Urbanism: Contesting Formality and Informality in Maputo, Mozambique Presentation at NHH/CMI Seminar ‘Cooperation on Urban Development’ Bergen 8 February 2013 Inge Tvedten, CMI
African Urbanism • • African cities must be understood on their own terms Capital of Mozambique with 1. 1 (1. 8) million inhabitants 70% ‘slum-like characteristics’ and inadequate services Poverty rate 50%, with increasing inequality Official: Formal and informal city spaces Population: Layers of trichotomies and dichotomies No urban development plans for informal settlements/slums – only ‘strategies’
Contested Urban Space • • Rapidly changing urban-scape with liberalisation of land housing market ‘Slummification’ of sub-urban space, and formalisation of the peri-urban ‘Inverse governmentality’ and incremental housing have made people feel secure Now contested by municipal authorities and private capital
Formalising the Informal • • The processes of ‘inverse governmentality’ in poor bairros should be protected and supported Urban services (roads, water, electricity, waste collection) through strategic planning/ community processes Policy implementation by selecting ‘test-bairros’ for implementation Enforcing a formalisation of PTOs and housing standards will lead to more urban uprisings
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