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Record Nr.

UNISA996328041803316

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

3-8394-2990-0

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.

Reviewed in:    www.friedensnews.at, 11.01.2015, Andreas Hermann Landl  Environment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina Filippi  Wissenschaft & Frieden, 1 (2015)