Right to the city and resettlement in the authoritarian contexts of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Lomé (Togo)

Spire, Amandine; Bridonneau, Marie; Philifert, Pascale

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“…Thus, one might view the return of largescale housing programmes not as a break with the neoliberal enabling agenda, but rather as an adjustment to it, with a renewed steering role for the state (Bogaert, 2018). As such, practices of granting legal property titles have remained an important element not only for upgrading programmes, but also within many resettlement and sites-and-services schemes (Patel, 2013;Spire et al, 2017;Charlton, 2018). At the same time, authors have observed people-led practices of re-informalization that to a certain extent are uncontested by the state (Koster and Nuijten, 2012;Erman, 2016;Behbehani et al, 2020).…”

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FROM VISIBLE INFORMALITY TO SPLINTERED INFORMALITIES: Reflections on the Production of ‘Formality’ in a Moroccan Housing Programme

Beier¹

2021

Int J Urban Regional Res

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Increasingly, scholarly works challenge the formal/informal dichotomy, stressing the multiple political practices of producing informality which go beyond state incapacity. In contrast, this article addresses a lack of research concerning the production of 'formal' urban space through state-led housing programmes. Deconstructing simplistic notions of state intentionality and incapacity, the article zooms in on competing interests and diverse resources, as well as the shifting power relations between multiple private, semi-public and public actors which shape the production of 'formality'. Focusing on a shantytown resettlement programme in Casablanca, the article differentiates between visible informality and splintered informalities. The former relates to the prevailing clear-cut and stereotypical dichotomy between formal and informal urban space which underpins the state's objective of eliminating the visible informality attached to Morocco's shantytowns. The latter is the result of a messy process of ensuring housing affordability through the so-called third-party scheme--a sites-and-services project based on small-scale private investment and land speculation--once this objective is achieved. Characterized by heterogeneous actor constellations, opportunism and flexible regulatory practices, the scheme has not only capitalized but also individualized urban space. Instead of building new formal housing, the scheme has produced splintered informalities and created new uncertainties and arbitrariness beyond the control of a single actor.

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FROM VISIBLE INFORMALITY TO SPLINTERED INFORMALITIES: Reflections on the Production of ‘Formality’ in a Moroccan Housing Programme

Beier¹

2021

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…As is the case for many other cities in the Global South, Lomé, capital city of the West African nation of Togo, is witnessing a growth in the number of infrastructure projects that prompt urban resettlement as populations are displaced to make way for new buildings and other infrastructure. Research has shown that resettlement processes entail not only spatial ordering, but also processes of political (re)-ordering that alter the relationship between urban authorities and urban dwellers (Doshi 2013;Spire, Bridonneau, and Philifert 2017;Amedokpo 2019). Following this argument, this chapter investigates which forms of politics these resettlement operations entail for city dwellers and how power relations are altered.…”

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The Politics of Urban Resettlement

Spire¹,

Pilo²

2021

Urban Resettlements in the Global South

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themselves through a form a "spatial governmentality" (Huxley 2008) that shapes the daily lives of the resettled people. We use the concept of governmentality in order to consider how the resettlement operates as a process that restructures the urban space and power relationships not only through domination, but also through self-control, discipline, and responsibility.This research builds on several fieldworks in Lomé in 2015, 2016, and 2018, during which we combined observations and semi-structured interviews conducted with different stakeholders (representatives of ministries, international cooperation, companies, NGOs, etc.) and resettled residents. We conducted in situ observations at the old and the new sites, the latter called la Cité de Djagblé ("Djagblé City") that was first developed in 2010 as a pilot resettlement program on the outskirts of Lomé. It follows the demolition of a range of homes in Kégué, Attiègou, and Dabarakondi due to the construction of a new bypass (Figure 3.1). The resettlement represents a transformation of the political and institutional framework as will be developed further in this chapter.

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Le droit à la ville aux Suds. Appropriations et déclinaisons africaines

Morange¹,

Spire²

2019

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Right to the city and resettlement in the authoritarian contexts of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Lomé (Togo)

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

FROM VISIBLE INFORMALITY TO SPLINTERED INFORMALITIES: Reflections on the Production of ‘Formality’ in a Moroccan Housing Programme

FROM VISIBLE INFORMALITY TO SPLINTERED INFORMALITIES: Reflections on the Production of ‘Formality’ in a Moroccan Housing Programme

The Politics of Urban Resettlement

Le droit à la ville aux Suds. Appropriations et déclinaisons africaines

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