Durban’s Back of Port Project: a Local Spatial Knowledge Production Process Framed by Urban Entrepreneurialism

Martel, Patrick; Sutherland, Catherine

doi:10.1007/s12132-018-9354-3

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“…These include urbanization which inherently translates to socioeconomic vulnerability (Celliers and Ntombela, 2015). This contributes to ecological pressures such as atmospheric (noise and air) pollution, solid waste pollution, increase in sewage and effluents that harm the environment especially marine ecology (Mather and Reddy, 2011;Bond, 2014;Martel, 2016). Ecological degradation makes these cities the centers of biodiversity loss due to marine vessel emissions such as ballast waters and freight activities.…”

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An indicator-based approach to assess sustainability of port-cities and marine management in the Global South

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Ports and neighbouring cities function as connectors between land and water and have long accommodated a substantial flow of goods and services. Port cities in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region and the Global South (GS) are rapidly and inevitably expanding as the demand for global trade increases. However, this expansion has numerous impacts on the surrounding marine ecosystem and the socio-economic livelihoods of local communities. We propose a framework to evaluate the sustainability of port cities in the WIO region and more broadly for cities in the GS. Through an exploratory approach, a systematic literature review (SLR) was undertaken to identify existing themes on port city and marine ecosystem sustainability indicator frameworks. The results revealed a strong bias towards sustainability publications designed for port cities in Global North. The approach developed from this study focuses on the socio-economic and environmental attributes relevant to ports in the WIO region and for GS countries. This draws from the Drivers, Pressures, States, Impacts and Responses (DPSIR) framework and includes 78 indicators. The indicators are designed to identify and report on the complex land and sea interdependencies of port cities. To test the validity of these indicators their interdependencies were examined through a Causal Network (CN) structure which identified 12 priority DPSIR CN. These were also mapped to the UNSDGs enabling the wider applicability and transferability of the framework. The resulting framework enables port cities in emerging economies to establish robust sustainable reporting systems and provides a framework that offers a unique lens for evaluating interactions embedded in the land and sea continuum.

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An indicator-based approach to assess sustainability of port-cities and marine management in the Global South

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“… 48. See reference 9; also see Martel, P and C Sutherland (2018), “Durban’s Back of Port Project: a local spatial knowledge production process framed by urban entrepreneurialism”, Urban Forum Vol 29, No 4, pages 397–412; and Miraftab, F (2004), “Invited and invented spaces of participation: neoliberal citizenship and feminists’ expanded notion of politics”, Wagadu Vol 1, pages 1–7. …”

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Durban’s 100 Resilient Cities journey: governing resilience from within

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et al. 2020

Environment and Urbanization

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Urban resilience is the focus of a global policy discourse that is being mobilized by a wide range of organizations to reduce urban risk and respond to the shocks and stresses facing cities. This paper explores the process of “governing for resilience” through Durban’s resilience journey as part of the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) programme. From an insider perspective, it presents both 100RC and Durban’s approaches to developing a resilience strategy. It reflects on the contestations that emerged as Durban and 100RC struggled over the meaning and practice of urban resilience. The paper develops a continuum of urban resilience approaches to analyse the conflicts that emerged as the global programme of urban resilience travelled to, and landed in, a South African city. The paper argues that a global framing of urban resilience needs to be responsive to a world of cities that share common risk trajectories but have different contexts and vulnerabilities.(1)

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