Angola and Mozambique Flashcards

1
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Davis 2006

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UN figure: 1bn live in slums globally - 75% of urban pop in LDCs

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Eagleton 2011

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While some regard slums as conqeuerable, amendable and rich with poss, ^ evid shows embody intractable, ^ing pools of despair, overcrowding etc. Slums are neither urban nor rural, but peri-urban

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Lopez Moreno 2003

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The pop increase in slums is faster than the pop increase in urban areas. Worsening state of access to shelter & sec of tenure results in severe overcrowding, HL & environ health problems.

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4
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Kampfner 2008

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Angola = fastest growing econ 2007-2008 - ‘world’s richest poor country’

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5
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CEIC 2009

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Angola - 55% of pop living on under $2 a day

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Carvalho 1997

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There is even a ‘mussequisation’ of the whole city. Ms not only surround conrete city, they interrupt it, penetrate it. Musseques looked upon as expression of explosion, an urban macrocephaly which carries in itself the germs of all threats: all violence, illicit trafficking, informalities

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Ferguson 2006

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Evdience of SU across Luanda - patchwork of priv secured enclaves in mineral-rich zones. Sea of disconnection and sec emerging in A in context of NL world order

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8
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McFarlane 2008

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Enclavic, gated comms, spaces of enclosure facilitaed by foreign capital & labour

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9
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Power 2012

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General splintering urbanism in Angola. Clearest enclavic spaces are around oil prod & oil companies - Chinese companies. Live in compounds and enclaves, no interaction with natives

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2009 Government Approved National Urbanism and Housing Programme

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Plans for eradication of many existing informals and reloc pop into new sites around city - seen as opposite to futuristic modernity that Angola wants Relocate to sites around city and lead to promise of ‘social housing’ for poor. Built 25km from old downtown - miles away form where people actually want to be - case of out of site, out of mind

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11
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Kiala 2009

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Kilamba Kiaxi (new city) - state demolished old KK and reconstructed it. Presidential promised during 2008 elections to build 1mn houses over next 4 years - simply hasn’t happened. Fancy electoral promises to get votes.

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12
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Rodrigues 2008

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^ing atomization of L’s social structure as spatial frag of comms is eroding social ties and networks contributing to wider & political fragmentation. Disrupting it’s social fabric, not just physical but also social destruction.

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13
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Grest 1995

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MOZAMBIQUE Socialism - people’s power Frelimo delegration - local urban bodies estab by Port were reformulated into Conselhos Exectivos - included periurban & cidade de canico areas formerly outside remit of urban gov - typically areas overlooked by Port. Estab grupos dinamizadores at NBD level for political control. When Renamo entered into battle- led to first organized land invasions into city areas - discontent mounted amoung urban citizens -> widespread state disengagement. Informal exercise of power - emergence of local ‘dictatorships’

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14
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Jenkins 2004

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During war - abandoned buildings and IFS were occupied by people

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15
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Mozambique 1983

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Deportation of surplus population seen as unproductive

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16
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Mozambique 1987

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Economic Rehabilitation Programme

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17
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Till and Sidaway 2010

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Mico splintering urbanism and enclaves

18
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Linehan 2008

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Writing of Nairobi: Urban archipelago that dilutes public sphere & fragments rights and legal status. Patchwork system - model of urban devel can be seen across A

19
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Pitcher et al. 2010

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Proliferation of security practices - elites turning to sec to protect

20
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Lindell 2008

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Study of governance of urban market places in Maputo highlights multiple sites of governance at work. A pervasive inf of urban living - underlined by great econ & soc uncertainty and where many urban citz rely on provisional identities. Shifting loyalties and collaborations to access opps and survive in city. Highly unstable, fragemented and fluid - urban governance of extensive informalisation.

21
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Sumich 2010

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Beneficial to be part of Frelimo - pol power primary source of material power

22
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UN figure: 1bn live in slums globally - 75% of urban pop in LDCs

A

Davis 2006

23
Q

While some regard slums as conqeuerable, amendable and rich with poss, ^ evid shows embody intractable, ^ing pools of despair, overcrowding etc. Slums are neither urban nor rural, but peri-urban

A

Eagleton 2011

24
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The pop increase in slums is faster than the pop increase in urban areas. Worsening state of access to shelter & sec of tenure results in severe overcrowding, HL & environ health problems.

A

Lopez Moreno 2003

25
Q

Angola = fastest growing econ 2007-2008 - ‘world’s richest poor country’

A

Kampfner 2008

26
Q

Angola - 55% of pop living on under $2 a day

A

CEIC 2009

27
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There is even a ‘mussequisation’ of the whole city. Ms not only surround conrete city, they interrupt it, penetrate it. Musseques looked upon as expression of explosion, an urban macrocephaly which carries in itself the germs of all threats: all violence, illicit trafficking, informalities

A

Carvalho 1997

28
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Evdience of SU across Luanda - patchwork of priv secured enclaves in mineral-rich zones. Sea of disconnection and sec emerging in A in context of NL world order

A

Ferguson 2006

29
Q

Enclavic, gated comms, spaces of enclosure facilitaed by foreign capital & labour

A

McFarlane 2008

30
Q

General splintering urbanism in Angola. Clearest enclavic spaces are around oil prod & oil companies - Chinese companies. Live in compounds and enclaves, no interaction with natives

A

Power 2012

31
Q

Plans for eradication of many existing informals and reloc pop into new sites around city - seen as opposite to futuristic modernity that Angola wants Relocate to sites around city and lead to promise of ‘social housing’ for poor. Built 25km from old downtown - miles away form where people actually want to be - case of out of site, out of mind

A

2009 Government Approved National Urbanism and Housing Programme

32
Q

Kilamba Kiaxi (new city) - state demolished old KK and reconstructed it. Presidential promised during 2008 elections to build 1mn houses over next 4 years - simply hasn’t happened. Fancy electoral promises to get votes.

A

Kiala 2009

33
Q

^ing atomization of L’s social structure as spatial frag of comms is eroding social ties and networks contributing to wider & political fragmentation. Disrupting it’s social fabric, not just physical but also social destruction.

A

Rodrigues 2008

34
Q

MOZAMBIQUE Socialism - people’s power Frelimo delegration - local urban bodies estab by Port were reformulated into Conselhos Exectivos - included periurban & cidade de canico areas formerly outside remit of urban gov - typically areas overlooked by Port. Estab grupos dinamizadores at NBD level for political control. When Renamo entered into battle- led to first organized land invasions into city areas - discontent mounted amoung urban citizens -> widespread state disengagement. Informal exercise of power - emergence of local ‘dictatorships’

A

Grest 1995

35
Q

During war - abandoned buildings and IFS were occupied by people

A

Jenkins 2004

36
Q

Deportation of surplus population seen as unproductive

A

Mozambique 1983

37
Q

Economic Rehabilitation Programme

A

Mozambique 1987

38
Q

Mico splintering urbanism and enclaves

A

Till and Sidaway 2010

39
Q

Writing of Nairobi: Urban archipelago that dilutes public sphere & fragments rights and legal status. Patchwork system - model of urban devel can be seen across A

A

Linehan 2008

40
Q

Proliferation of security practices - elites turning to sec to protect

A

Pitcher et al. 2010

41
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Study of governance of urban market places in Maputo highlights multiple sites of governance at work. A pervasive inf of urban living - underlined by great econ & soc uncertainty and where many urban citz rely on provisional identities. Shifting loyalties and collaborations to access opps and survive in city. Highly unstable, fragemented and fluid - urban governance of extensive informalisation.

A

Lindell 2008

42
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Beneficial to be part of Frelimo - pol power primary source of material power

A

Sumich 2010