eprintid: 10054449
rev_number: 29
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datestamp: 2018-08-16 16:17:39
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type: article
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creators_name: Leck, H
creators_name: Pelling, M
creators_name: Adelekan, I
creators_name: Dodman, D
creators_name: Issaka, H
creators_name: Johnson, C
creators_name: Manda, M
creators_name: Mberu, B
creators_name: Nwokocha, E
creators_name: Osuteye, E
creators_name: Boubacar, S
title: Towards risk-sensitive and transformative urban development in sub Saharan Africa
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F32
keywords: risk-sensitive development; transition; transformative urban development; sub-Saharan Africa
note: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
abstract: Risk-sensitive urban development is required to reduce accumulated risk and to better consider risk when planning new developments. To deliver a sustainable city for all requires a more frank and comprehensive focus on procedure: On who makes decisions, under which frameworks, based upon what kind of data or knowledge, and with what degree and direction of accountability? Acting on these procedural questions is the promise of transformative urban development. This paper explores the status of risk sensitive and transformative urban development and the scope for transition towards these components of sustainability in urban sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of diverse city cases: Karonga (Malawi), Ibadan (Nigeria), Niamey (Niger) and Nairobi (Kenya). The paper draws from a 3-year research and capacity building programme called Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge that aims to address gaps in data, understandings and capacity to break cycles of risk accumulation. A common analytical framework is presented to help identify blockages and opportunities for transition towards a risk-sensitive and transformative urban development. This framework is then illustrated through each city in turn and a concluding discussion reflects on city observations to draw out recommendations for city level and wider action and research partnerships.
date: 2018-08
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082645
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Journal Article
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elements_id: 1576469
doi: 10.3390/su10082645
lyricists_name: Dodman, David
lyricists_name: Johnson, Cassidy
lyricists_name: Osuteye, Emmanuel
lyricists_id: DRDOD27
lyricists_id: CJOHN96
lyricists_id: EOSUT99
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Sustainability
volume: 10
number: 8
article_number: 2645
issn: 2071-1050
citation:        Leck, H;    Pelling, M;    Adelekan, I;    Dodman, D;    Issaka, H;    Johnson, C;    Manda, M;                 ... Boubacar, S; + view all <#>        Leck, H;  Pelling, M;  Adelekan, I;  Dodman, D;  Issaka, H;  Johnson, C;  Manda, M;  Mberu, B;  Nwokocha, E;  Osuteye, E;  Boubacar, S;   - view fewer <#>    (2018)    Towards risk-sensitive and transformative urban development in sub Saharan Africa.                   Sustainability , 10  (8)    , Article 2645.  10.3390/su10082645 <https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082645>.       Green open access   
 
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