Adaptive Co-management in the Context of Informal Settlements

Fitchett, Anne

doi:10.1007/s12132-013-9215-z

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“…Moreover, it includes local knowledge and awareness in the decision-making process (Fitchett 2014). This kind of management is based on collaboration between relevant actors in the management of complex and uncertain challenges.…”

Section: Adaptive Comanagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ecosystem management is one such example. See, for instance, Armitage et al (2009) andFitchett (2014). sectors, and among government departments to efficiently respond to climate change (Tompkins and Adger 2005;Bulkeley and Betsill 2005;Bulkeley 2005). Amundsen et al (2010) further assert that a multilevel governance framework is a way of advancing proactive adaptation and overcoming barriers to adaptation.…”

Section: Adaptive Comanagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How to Make Local Context Matter in National Advice: Towards Adaptive Comanagement in Norwegian Climate Adaptation

Westskog

Hovelsrud

Sundqvist

2017

Weather, Climate, and Society

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Drawing on case studies in 12 Norwegian municipalities, this paper investigates how local context matters for developing national climate adaptation policies that are applicable at the municipal level. Moreover, it explicates which factors constitute this context and how these factors vary across the case municipalities. National climate adaptation policy in Norway can currently be characterized as top down, providing standardized requirements and advice to municipalities. However, Norwegian municipalities vary greatly with respect to physical conditions, organizational resources, and societal needs. They are autonomous to a great extent and are almost solely responsible for developing climate policy and planning within their own territories. Therefore, municipalities adapt national policies to their own context, reflecting local physiographic, organizational, and resource challenges, but these local translations are not fully recognized by national and sectoral actors. This paper underscores that the significant variation in contextual factors between municipalities is not sufficiently addressed and understood by national and sectoral governmental authorities. With the identified variation of the contextual factors across the case municipalities, an adaptive comanagement strategy within a multilevel governance system is suggested as a suitable framework to ensure a proactive approach to local adaptation, that is, mutual understanding and better cooperation between the national and local levels.

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Section: Adaptive Comanagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Adaptive Comanagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

How to Make Local Context Matter in National Advice: Towards Adaptive Comanagement in Norwegian Climate Adaptation

Westskog

Hovelsrud

Sundqvist

2017

Weather, Climate, and Society

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“…Certain examples are available, but they are in bits, scattered in disparate literature not generally articulated in terms of informal housing or urbanism. These gaps preclude appropriate contribution of the necessary understanding to sustainable urbanization (Quilan, McCarthy 1995;Fitchett 2014) and leads to missed opportunities for resilience in the informal context (Schaffler, Swilling 2013;Sachikonye et al 2016).…”

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Green Infrastructure in Relation to Informal Urban Settlements

Adegun

2017

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism

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Green infrastructure plays a critical role in environmentally sustainable urbanization in developing countries. Based on a review of academic outputs, this paper explores green infrastructure in the context of informal urban settlements. It identifies three ways informal settlements are connected to green spaces and natural ecosystems functioning as urban green infrastructure and then shows examples of benefits derived (ecosystem services) by the urban poor from these connections. Undesirable aspects and negative outcomes, regarded as ecosystem disservices, from the connection to natural ecosystems are also pointed out. The potentials of enhancing ecosystem services in terms of improving quality of life and the environment in informal settlements came to the fore. This work contributes to the growing body of knowledge on urban green infrastructure from the perspective of informal settlements in developing countries.

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“…Policies, such as the Breaking New Ground through the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) are clear on the need to integrate informal settlements into the urban fabric [14]. However, several authors argue that there is a disjuncture in policy with regards to the response on informal settlements [13,15,16]. One theme that consistently emerges is the prioritisation of in-situ upgrading of informal settlements instead of relocation as relocation might result in a loss of social networks by informal settlements dwellers.…”

Section: Informal Settlement and The Urban Densities Debate In South ...mentioning

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“…Informal settlements are an urban phenomenon in South African cities, one that continues to tether South Africa to its historical past. While policies, such as the Breaking New Ground are clear with regards to informal settlements [14], other authors [13,15,38] note that there is still ambivalence in policy. Flowing from that, this scenario is similar to the BAU scenario, but there are no restrictions on the growth of informal settlements and an annual growth of 3% per year is expected.…”

Section: Scenario 2: Proliferation Of Informal Settlements (Pi) Scenariomentioning

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Lessons Learned from Applying an Integrated Land Use Transport Planning Model to Address Issues of Social and Economic Exclusion of Marginalised Groups: The Case of Cape Town, South Africa

2021

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The Group Areas Act of 1950 has resulted in post-apartheid South African cities being characterised by spatial patterns with limited access to social and economic opportunities for the black and coloured population. Typically, high-density low-income housing is located peripherally, while low density high-income housing is located in accessible central areas. With increased rural-to-urban migration, the demand for formal housing has historically surpassed supply, which has increased the growth of informal settlements. Current discourse within South African land use policy suggests that in-situ upgrading of informal housing is a viable response to integrate informal settlements into the formal city. In parallel, it is proposed that new low-income residential areas and employment-generating land uses should be located along transport corridors to improve access to transport, its infrastructure and the opportunities it provides for previously marginalised groups. This study uses Cape Town as a case city to explore two land-use driven development strategies directed at informal settlements and low-income housing. A dynamic land use transport model based on a cellular automata land use model and a four-stage transport model was used to simulate land use and transport changes. Specifically, in-situ upgrading of informal settlements and strategically locating new low-income residential and employment generating land uses along transport corridors were considered. The results from the analysis suggest that in-situ upgrading is a viable option only if new informal settlements are in areas with easy access to economic centres. With regards to low-income housing, targeted interventions aimed at ‘unlocking’ low-income housing activities along transport corridors were found to be useful. However, it was also observed that middle-income residential development and employment generating activities were also attracted to the same corridors, thus, resulting in mixed land uses, which is beneficial but can potentially result in rental bids between low and middle-income earners thus displacing low-income earners away from these areas.

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Adaptive Co-management in the Context of Informal Settlements

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

How to Make Local Context Matter in National Advice: Towards Adaptive Comanagement in Norwegian Climate Adaptation

How to Make Local Context Matter in National Advice: Towards Adaptive Comanagement in Norwegian Climate Adaptation

Green Infrastructure in Relation to Informal Urban Settlements

Lessons Learned from Applying an Integrated Land Use Transport Planning Model to Address Issues of Social and Economic Exclusion of Marginalised Groups: The Case of Cape Town, South Africa

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