Cities, Violence and Order: The Challenges and Complex Taxonomy of Security Provision in Cities of Tomorrow

Gupte, Jaideep; Commins, Stephen

doi:10.19088/1968-2016.159

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“…Moreover, rapidly urbanizing cities in developing countries often contain unsafe spaces, in which men, women and children are exposed to different manifestations of insecurity resulting from poor infrastructure, limited transport networks or insufficient design of public infrastructure. These limitations are exacerbated for marginalized populations who have to walk in poorly lit roads, commute long distances or live in precarious locations, as widely reported in descriptions of urban poverty in Bangladesh (Gupte & Commins, 2016;Banks, 2016). In these contexts, upward social mobility is limited as movement to non-slum areas is rare, and for those who manage to experience any upgrade within slums, it is often capped at a low level and rarely sustained (Rains & Krishna, 2020).…”

Section: Measuring Human Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Human security of urban migrant populations affected by length of residence and environmental hazards

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Campos

Siddiqui

et al. 2020

Journal of Peace Research

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It is widely suggested that migration is a key mechanism linking climate change to violent conflict, particularly through migration increasing the risks of conflict in urban destinations. Yet climate change also creates new forms of insecurity through distress migration, immobility and vulnerability that are prevalent in urban destination locations. Here we examine the extent and nature of human security in migration destinations and test whether insecurity is affected by length of residence and environmental hazards. The study develops an index measure of human security at the individual level to include environmental and climate-related hazards as well as sources of well-being, fear of crime and violence, and mental health outcomes. It examines the elements of human security that explain the prevalence of insecurity among recent and established migrants in low-income urban neighbourhoods. The study reports on data collected in Chattogram in Bangladesh through a survey of migrants (N = 447) and from qualitative data derived using photo elicitation techniques with cohorts of city planners and migrants. The results show that environmental hazards represent an increasing source of perceived insecurity to migrant populations over time, with longer-term migrants perceiving greater insecurity than more recent arrivals, suggesting lack of upward social mobility in low-income slums. Ill-health, fear of eviction, and harassment and violence are key elements of how insecurity is experienced, and these are exacerbated by environmental hazards such as flooding. The study expands the concept of security to encompass central elements of personal risk and well-being and outlines the implications for climate change.

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Section: Measuring Human Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Human security of urban migrant populations affected by length of residence and environmental hazards

Adger

Campos

Siddiqui

et al. 2020

Journal of Peace Research

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“…In absolute numbers of killings, Karachi rates among the most dangerous cities in the world (Hashim 2012). Another aspect not captured in the global comparisons of the highest homicide rates, are emerging situations like that of India, where 43,355 intentional homicides were recorded in 2012 at a rate of 4.5 per 100,000 people (Gupte and Muggah 2015). Criminal violence generates at least ten times more deaths and injuries in India than terrorism and conflict.…”

Section: Everyday Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Gioacchino²

2016

IDS Bulletin

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IDS Bulletin The IDS Bulletin is an open access, peer-review journal exploring emerging international development challenges. It is published bimonthly and is the flagship publication of the Institute of Development Studies, a leading global institution for research, teaching and learning, and impact and communications, based at the University of Sussex. Progressive economic, social and political change for everyone needs new kinds of action and relationships, shaped by new kinds of research and engagement. The IDS Bulletin aims to transform development knowledge, through its unique thematic issues developed by global learning partnerships that bridge academic, practice and policy discourse.

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Modular verification and validation for NATO generic vehicle architecture-based land platforms

Ota

Pradhan

2018

2018 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS)

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Cities, Violence and Order: The Challenges and Complex Taxonomy of Security Provision in Cities of Tomorrow

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Human security of urban migrant populations affected by length of residence and environmental hazards

Human security of urban migrant populations affected by length of residence and environmental hazards

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Modular verification and validation for NATO generic vehicle architecture-based land platforms

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