A case for urban liveability from below: exploring the politics of water and land access for greater liveability in Kampala, Uganda
A case for urban liveability from below: exploring the politics of water and land access for greater liveability in Kampala, Uganda
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自下而上的城市宜居案例：探索乌干达坎帕拉的水和土地获取政治以提高宜居性
DOI：
10.1080/13549839.2019.1572728
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Nastar M
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作者：
Nastar M
提高城市宜居性和繁荣度是世界各地城市发展计划和政策的优先事项。国际咨询公司、媒体和全球机构编制的几份年度报告根据一系列指标对城市的宜居性进行排名，以反映这些城市的生活质量。排名越高，城市就越宜居。在本文中，我们认为，这种定量的方法来制定和解决城市宜居性的挑战留下很少的空间来反映人们的经验，这种宜居性，这不能通过数字来表达。为了说明我们的论点，我们借鉴了乌干达首都坎帕拉在获得水和土地方面面临的城市宜居性挑战的经验证据，坎帕拉最近被各种全球机构和媒体评为最宜居的东非城市。通过证明增加水连接的数量并不能保证长期改善水和卫生设施的获取，首先，我们展示了城市宜居性挑战如何与城市的土地所有权问题紧密相关。其次，我们强调中央政府、反对派、传统领导层和贫民窟居民在服务提供治理过程中的政治博弈。最后，通过论证城市宜居性可以通过扩大城市发展规划中的政治参与来提高，我们讨论了一些社区可以用来集体要求改善生活质量和环境的策略。
Improving urban liveability and prosperity is commonly set as a priority in urban development plans and policy around the world. Several annual reports produced by international consulting firms, media, and global agencies rank the liveability of cities based on a set of indicators, to represent the quality of life in these cities. The higher is the ranking, the more liveable is the city. In this paper, we argue that such quantitative approaches to framing and addressing urban liveability challenges leave little room to reflect on people's experiences of this liveability, which cannot be expressed through numbers. To illustrate our argument, we draw on empirical evidence of urban liveability challenges in access to water and land in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, ranked recently as the most liveable East African city by various global agencies and media outlets. By showing that increasing the number of water connections does not guarantee improved access to water and sanitation in the long run, first, we demonstrate how urban liveability challenges are tightly linked with land-title issues in the city. Second, we highlight the political game-playing between the central government, the opposition, the traditional leadership, and the slum dwellers in governance processes of service delivery. Finally, by arguing that urban liveability can be enhanced by broadening political participation in city development planning, we discuss some of the strategies that can be used by communities to make collective claims towards improving their quality of life and the environment.
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作者：
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发表时间：
2016
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