Exploring the connection between spatial justice and land tenure security: insights from inclusive urban (re)development schemes in Recife, Brazil

Uwayezu, Ernest; Vries, Walter Timo de

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“…Due to PREZEIS, the low‐income neighborhoods known as ZEIS can still be found in prime locations, close to the city center and the beaches, resisting the influence of project developers and real estate investors (Souza and Bitoun, 2015). This is reflected in recent literature that characterizes PREZEIS in terms of “urban innovation,” “inclusive development,” “social justice,” and “participatory democracy” (Carrière, 2021; Uwayezu and de Vries, 2022).…”

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“…To this day, several (international) scholars are enthusiastic about PREZEIS and its innovative and progressive policies (Carrière, 2021;de Melo Rocha et al, 2022;Uwayezu and de Vries, 2022). The experience of ZEIS residents is different.…”

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“…In 2000, UNHABITAT included PREZEIS on its list of “best practices” in economic development, housing, and urban governance (Donovan, 2007). To this day, several (international) scholars are enthusiastic about PREZEIS and its innovative and progressive policies (Carrière, 2021; de Melo Rocha et al, 2022; Uwayezu and de Vries, 2022). The experience of ZEIS residents is different.…”

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Neither dead nor alive: Participatory slum governance as a zombie program

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This article focuses on PREZEIS, an internationally acclaimed participatory slum governance program in Recife, Brazil. PREZEIS was implemented in 1987 and emerged out of a strong popular movement that resisted forced evictions of squatter settlements under the military regime (1964–1985). To date, however, its main objectives—upgrading slums and regularizing land rights—have not been achieved, and its executive powers have been dismantled over the years. We argue that this institutionalization of a popular movement gave birth to a “zombie program” that lives off the past and refuses to die. We advance the zombie metaphor through the Lacanian notion of “fetishistic disavowal,” of knowing PREZEIS is “dead” but still believing it can be revived through ritualistic, fetishistic activities. We argue that the challenge is to accept its death, opening up the possibility for something truly new to arise. In the conclusion, we also explore how this factors into broader debates on urban post‐politics.

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“…On one hand, there are health frameworks [80,81] that link health outcomes with environmental factors, but land tenure security is hardly one of such factors that are linked to health outcomes. On the other hand, there are land management frameworks including sustainable land management framework [82,83], responsible and smart land management framework [84], land governance assessment framework [85], land tenure security and spatial justice framework [86], and tenure responsive land use planning [87] which address land and land tenure security issues but rarely include health matters. Evidence from preliminary reviews of land tenure, urban and environmental health literature, and daily urban life and urbanization experiences suggests that there must be an inter-relation between land tenure security and health diseases.…”

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Land Tenure Security and Health Nexus: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating the Connections between Land Tenure Security and Health

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Vries²

2021

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The rise of urban populations has rendered cities in both developed and developing countries vulnerable to poor health and diseases that are associated with urban living conditions and environments. Therefore, there is a growing consensus that while personal factors are critical in determining health, the urban environment exacerbates or mitigates health outcomes, and as such the solution for improving health outcomes in urban settings can be found in addressing socio-environmental factors that shape urban environments. Land tenure security is a social environmental factor of health that has been understudied by urban geographers despite its obvious role in shaping urban environments, housing conditions, and health. We interpret literature and infer possible pathways through which land tenure security connects to health and propose a land tenure security and health nexus conceptual framework for modeling and investigating the extent of this connection. Based on a narrative review of literature, this inter-disciplinary paper shows that land tenure security can influence health outcomes via four pathways—infrastructure access, environmental justice, psycho-ontological security, and social cohesion. Going forward, a subsequent investigation can focus on developing an index of land tenure security health insults, based on which an empirical investigation of the relationship between land tenure security and health disease is possible.

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Revealing spatial (in)justice: exploring the dynamics of triple spatiality in Chile and its impact on the generation of spatial barriers to social rights

Guevara-Cue

2024

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Exploring the connection between spatial justice and land tenure security: insights from inclusive urban (re)development schemes in Recife, Brazil

Cited by 4 publications

References 85 publications

Neither dead nor alive: Participatory slum governance as a zombie program

Neither dead nor alive: Participatory slum governance as a zombie program

Land Tenure Security and Health Nexus: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating the Connections between Land Tenure Security and Health

Revealing spatial (in)justice: exploring the dynamics of triple spatiality in Chile and its impact on the generation of spatial barriers to social rights

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