Fijian infrastructural citizenship: spaces of electricity sharing and informal power grids in an informal settlement

Watt, Lucas

doi:10.1080/23311886.2020.1719568

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“…It is important to note that though residents of informal settlements may be excited to see Water PNG connecting water pipes in their areas some of them may move to other informal settlements that have not been upgraded because of the service charges that come with it. This is in line with the findings of Watt (2020) who found in a Fijian study that some residents of an upgraded informal settlement moved to settlements that have not been upgraded.…”

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“…In Asia Pacific, only a few published papers have focused on the upgrade of informal settlements such as Watt (2020), who found in a Fijian study of the effect of providing electricity in informal settlement on residents that residents are often excited of the news but some either move to settlements that have not been upgraded or try to subvert the infrastructure. In an Indonesian study of how informal settlements have been positioned via upgrading policies in city urbanization plan, Jones (2017) found that a shift from slum upgrade to vertical towers which appear incompatible in accommodating the way of practiced in the informal settlement may be resisted.…”

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Preferences for Infrastructure and Determinants of Decision to Live in a Makeshift House in Informal Settlements

Ezebilo¹,

Savadogo

2021

Economies

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The upgrade paradigm has been a widely accepted solution to informal settlements. However, implementing an effective upgrade program has been challenging for governments of most developing countries. This paper reports a study which examined informal settlement residents’ preferences for infrastructure provided by an upgrade project and factors influencing their decision to live in a makeshift house. It also examined how an informal settlement upgrade project can be implemented in an effective manner. The data originated from interviews with 231 residents of informal settlements in Port Moresby and was analyzed using mixed methods approach which includes descriptive statistics, qualitative content analysis and binary logistic regression model. The results show that all the residents would support the upgrade project and would pay for service charges associated with infrastructure and services provided by the project. Piped borne water and health care facility were the most preferred. In order for the upgrade project to be successful, residents should be fully involved in planning and implementing the project. Results from the logistic model revealed that decision to live in a makeshift house is influenced by factors such as house and land ownership, frequency of crime in the area, household size, occupation, access to toilet and number of years lived in informal settlement. There is a need to develop an effective mechanism for restricting the emergence of new informal settlements. The findings contribute to urban development planning by providing guidelines for upgrading informal settlements in an effective and efficient manner. The findings will be useful for policy makers, planners and urban development managers in the informal settlement upgrade process.

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Preferences for Infrastructure and Determinants of Decision to Live in a Makeshift House in Informal Settlements

Ezebilo¹,

Savadogo

2021

Economies

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“…Research in Fiji was coordinated through the School of Government, Development and International Affairs, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of the South Pacific in Suva. Our project sponsored the doctoral dissertation research of Lucas Watt (2019Watt ( , 2020Watt ( , 2023, which focused in part on the mobile phone practices of residents of an urban village in the greater Suva area. 9 'The vast majority of mobile customers in PNG have prepaid accounts and the market penetration of smartphones is growing (22 per cent in 2018)' (Highet et al 2019: 21); 76 per cent of mobile connections in 2018 were prepaid (Highet et al 2019: 19).…”

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Uneven Connections: A Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New Guinea

Foster

2024

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Off-Grid Electrical Urbanism: Emerging Solar Energy Geographies in Ordinary Cities

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Samarakoon

2022

Journal of Urban Technology

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Fijian infrastructural citizenship: spaces of electricity sharing and informal power grids in an informal settlement

Cited by 5 publications

References 44 publications

Preferences for Infrastructure and Determinants of Decision to Live in a Makeshift House in Informal Settlements

Preferences for Infrastructure and Determinants of Decision to Live in a Makeshift House in Informal Settlements

Uneven Connections: A Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New Guinea

Off-Grid Electrical Urbanism: Emerging Solar Energy Geographies in Ordinary Cities

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