Inserting rights and justice into urban resilience: a focus on everyday risk

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 123-138

  Ziervogel, Gina ^a   Pelling, Mark ^b   Cartwright, Anton ^a   Chu, Eric ^c   Deshpande, Tanvi ^d   Harris, Leila ^e,f   Hyams, Keith ^g   Kaunda, Jean ^h   Klaus, Benjamin ⁱ   Michael, Kavya ^d   Pasquini, Lorena ^a   Pharoah, Robyn ^f   Rodina, Lucy ^e   Scott, Dianne ^a   Zweig, Patricia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Indian Institute for Human Settlements   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^h MZUZU UNIVERSITY   (Malawi)

ⁱ Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania (ALAT)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

African cities; rights and entitlements; risk; social justice; urban resilience

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA;

EID: 85014414534     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247816686905     Document Type: Article

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