Reducing urban violence in the global south : towards safe and inclusive cities /

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Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Salahub, Jennifer Erin (Editor), Gottsbacher, Markus (Editor), Boer, John de (Editor), Zaaroura, Mayssam D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Ottawa, ON : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group ; International Development Research Centre, [2019].
Series:Routledge studies in cities and development
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Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I West Africa
  • 1. Controlling violence: an economic integration skill in Cote d'Ivoire / Kouame Walter Kra
  • 2. Opening up or closing off: urbanisation, violent crime, and the "poverty penalty" in Ghana's four largest cities / Martin Wiredu Agyekum
  • pt. II Southern Africa
  • 3. Urban upgrading linked to positive social outcomes in Cape Town, South Africa / Mary Lou Thompson
  • 4. Towards safer communities: the impact of the Community Work Programme on the prevention of urban violence in South Africa / Hugo Van Der Merwe
  • 5. Is social cohesion the missing link in preventing violence? Case studies from South Africa and Brazil / Doriam Borges
  • pt. III Latin America
  • 6. Social exclusion, violences, and urban marginalisation in Central America: empirical evidence and consequences for public policy / Florencio Ceballos Schaulsohn
  • 7. contribution of informal institutionality to safe cities in Venezuela / Roberto Briceno-Leon
  • pt. IV South Asia
  • 8. Everyday violence in urban India: is planning the driver or mitigator? / Renu Desai
  • 9. Pathways to inclusive urban development: contrasting experiences of relocated men and women in Colombo and Kochi / S. Irudaya Rajan.