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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476930003321

Titolo

Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention : Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region / Kosta Mathéy, Silvia Matuk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014

ISBN

9783839429907

3839429900

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Urban Studies

Classificazione

MS 1750

Disciplina

303.6

Soggetti

Urbanism

Violence

Peacebuilding

Safety

Community

GLOBUS

City

Urban Studies

Sociology of Crime

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

i Contents    v Preface    1 Introduction    6 Violence, Cities, and Prevention: A Conceptual Framework for Reducing Violence in the Urban Realm    24 Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in a Johannesburg Neighbourhood    42 Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora Neighbourhood, Nairobi, Kenya    62 Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon    78 "There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau" Strategies of Preventing, Handling, and Aggravating Conflicts in Local Dispute Settlement    98 Urban Violence and the Chinese State in the Post-Mao Reform    118 Local Civil Society and the New Puzzle of Violence in Central America    128 Meanings and Practices of Non-violence    150 Integrated Urban Upgrading and



Violence Prevention in San Salvador Results of an Impact Evaluation    164 Drug-Related Violence in Mexico: State and Community Responses. A qualitative Approach    182 Youth as Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence    202 Overcoming the Invisible Boundaries of an Informal Neighborhood: A Youth Initiative in Itagüi, Colombia    222 Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in a Refugee Camp    234 Religious Procession as a Mediator for Social Intimacy: Building Communal Harmony in Dharavi after the 1992 Mumbai Riot    268 Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Preliminary Insights    280 Embracing the Complexity of Community Safety Challenges    294 The Contributors    307

Sommario/riassunto

Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself.This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab region and is of interest likewise for academics and urban practitioners, policy makers, international cooperation experts or travelers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries.With a preface by Caroline Moser.

»The edited collection of 15 case studies shows the need for more holistic understandings that account for the multifaceted and interrelated nature of (urban) violence.«

Reviewed in:www.friedensnews.at, 11.01.2015, Andreas Hermann LandlEnvironment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina FilippiWissenschaft & Frieden, 1 (2015)

Reviewed in:Environment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina Filippi