african urbanism: contesting formality and informality in maputo, mozambique \
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African Urbanism: Contesting Formality and Informality in Maputo, Mozambique \. Presentation at NHH/CMI Seminar ‘Cooperation on Urban Development’ Bergen 8 February 2013 Inge Tvedten, CMI. African Urbanism. African cities must be understood on their own terms - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
African Urbanism: Contesting Formality and Informality inMaputo, Mozambique
\Presentation at NHH/CMI Seminar ‘Cooperation on Urban Development’ Bergen 8 February 2013
Inge Tvedten, CMI
African Urbanism
• African cities must be understood on their own terms
• Capital of Mozambique with 1.1 (1.8) million inhabitants
• 70% ‘slum-like characteristics’ and inadequate services
• Poverty rate 50%, with increasing inequality
• Official: Formal and informal city spaces
• Population: Layers of trichoto-mies and dichotomies
• No urban development plans for informal settlements/slums – only ‘strategies’
Contested Urban Space
• Rapidly changing urban-scape with liberalisation of land and housing market
• ‘Slummification’ of sub-urban space, and formalisation of the peri-urban
• ‘Inverse governmentality’ and incremental housing have made people feel secure
• Now contested by municipal authorities and private capital
Formalising the Informal
• The processes of ‘inverse governmentality’ in poor bairros should be protected and sup-ported
• Urban services (roads, water, electricity, waste collection) through strategic planning/ community processes
• Policy implementation by selecting ‘test-bairros’ for implementation
• Enforcing a formalisation of PTOs and housing standards will lead to more urban uprisings