eprintid: 10159357
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2022-11-16 13:16:25
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creators_name: Rigon, Andrea
title: Diversity, justice and slum upgrading: An intersectional approach to urban development
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F32
keywords: Diversity, Intersectionality, Identity,
Power relations, Kenya, Slum upgrading,
Informal settlements, Social justice, Urban development
note: © 2022 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: Slum upgrading interventions often assume that all residents have similar aspirations and needs. However, these neighbourhoods rank among the most unequal settlements, and interventions can create winners and losers. Different dimensions of diversity have to be taken into consideration in planning such interventions to ensure a just outcome. Through the analysis of specific examples of slum upgrading processes in Nairobi, the paper identifies three interlinked aspects of diversity that need to be considered. These relate to Fraser's dimensions of social justice and to the pillars of the right to the city. We find that slum upgrading projects assume that all residents aspire to better housing and are willing to invest their savings and effort to achieve this. However, this is not a priority for everyone living in informal settlements. For many, the informal settlement is a relatively cheap housing option located close to good educational and economic opportunities, allowing parents to save for children's education. Interventions in informal settlements seldom consider the impact of market dynamics on different groups of residents. In informal settlements with some rental housing, improved infrastructures can lead to sudden increases in rent, displacing the most vulnerable residents of the settlement. Attempts to take diversity into account in participatory processes with local residents generally only recognise a limited number of dimensions of identity. They tend to divide people based on one dimension only, as if there were no others. However, people have multiple identities and some can be more salient than others when it comes to slum upgrading. This paper argues for an intersectional and relational approach, focusing on the relations between residents, and between different groups of residents.
date: 2022-12
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102691
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1987578
doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102691
lyricists_name: Rigon, Andrea
lyricists_id: ARIGO50
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Habitat International
volume: 130
article_number: 102691
issn: 0197-3975
citation:        Rigon, Andrea;      (2022)    Diversity, justice and slum upgrading: An intersectional approach to urban development.                   Habitat International , 130     , Article 102691.  10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102691 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102691>.       Green open access   
 
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