Health, housing and urban inclusion in the time of covid-19: Evidence from Detroit and Durban. DANA PARKE AND PAULINE ADEBAYO HEALTH, HOUSING AND URBAN INCLUSION IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: EVIDENCE FROM DETROIT AND DURBAN.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE Overall, the City of Detroit has shown
The existing health burden in Durban is raising alarm because of the high risk of severe cases of COVID-19. Targeting these specific groups demonstrates the city's recognition of group housing as a determinant of COVID-19.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE To ease social and housing challenges
9 do not own a personal vehicle, but are able to afford public transport systems to put themselves at risk of COVID-19 by entering vehicles and crowded spaces.
HOUSING & HEALTH PATHWAYS & DURBAN’S
However, a deeper exploration of housing and health pathways, supported by existing evidence from Detroit and Durban, reveals that inequality and inequity underpin social vulnerability that increases susceptibility to COVID-19. Financial constraints will continue to impede the full implementation of the government's response to COVID-19 in Durban.
CONCLUSION
Furthermore, eThekwini Metro has actively established numerous administrative units to coordinate the response, including the COVID-19 Municipal Command Team, the COVID-19 Joint Operation Center and the COVID-19 War Room;. While the council had been awarded nearly R600 million for COVID-19 response as of August, the pandemic has exacerbated the already tight council budget (Naidoo, 2020).
COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University [Online]. Available: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives detroit-and-michigan-lead-the-nation-with-the-highest-auto-insurance-rates [Accessed 25 November 2020].
CHALLENGES OF VULNERABLE IMMIGRANTS: A FOCUS ON REFUGEES AND HOUSING, THEIR CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
- INTRODUCTION
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
- OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
- RESEARCH QUESTION
- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
- METHODOLOGY
- INTERGOVERNMENTAL ROLES IN HOUSING
- DISCUSSIONS
- IMMIGRANT AND
- LOCAL POPULATION ROLES IN HOUSING
- RECOMMENDATION
- CONCLUSION
To interrogate the contributions of the local population to the housing challenges of refugees in Canada. What are the contributions of the Canadian government to housing challenges for refugees in Canada.
A CRITIQUE OF THE MODERNIST APPROACH TO POST-APARTHEID HOUSING DELIVERY AND URBAN DESIGN
- INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT OF THE PROBLEM
- DWELLING, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY IN CREATING A SENSE OF MEANING AND
- PROGRESSIVE AND REGRESSIVE MODELS OF URBAN DWELLING
- A CRITIQUE OF RDP HOUSING
- HOW CAN PEDESTRIANIZING THE DURBAN CBD (GREY STREET AND WARWICK)
- A CRITIQUE OF NEW URBAN HOUSING
- THEORETICAL/ CONCEPTUAL PROPOSITIONS AND CRITIQUE OF
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
27 CHLOE NAIDOO, JACLYN NAIR AND LINDOKUHLE NGCOBO A CRITIQUE OF THE MODERNIST APPROACH TO POST-APARTHEID HOUSING AND URBAN DESIGN. 29 CHLOE NAIDOO, JACLYN NAIR AND LINDOKUHLE NGCOBO A CRITIQUE OF THE MODERNIST APPROACH TO POST-APARTHEID HOUSING AND URBAN DESIGN. 35 CHLOE NAIDOO, JACLYN NAIR AND LINDOKUHLE NGCOBO A CRITIQUE OF THE MODERNIST APPROACH TO POST-APARTHEID HOUSING AND URBAN DESIGN.
37 CLOE NAIDOO, JACLYN NAIR AND LINDOKUHLE NGCOBO A CRITIQUE OF THE MODERNIST APPROACH TO POST-APARTHEID HOUSING DELIVERY AND URBAN DESIGN.
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION IN RISK MANAGEMENT
CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNING
The concept of community ranges from microsystems (including small groups, extended family units, clusters of isolated farms, clans, villages, neighborhoods, or small towns) to macrosystems (such as cities, countries, regions, states, nations, or the entire human population ) (Thomas, 1973). According to the World Health Organization (2008), a community consists of people living together in social organization and cohesion. The definition of a community as a group of individuals and households living in the same location and facing the same risks, that may share the same objectives and goals in disaster risk reduction (Victoria, 2009), remains very important to this research.
41 BOLANLE WAHAB, AYOBAMI ABAYOMI POPOOLA, SAMUEL MEDAYESE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION IN RISK MANAGEMENT: CASES FROM NIGERIA.
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF
EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION IN
TOWARDS A SAFER AND INCLUSIVE SPACE
- TOOLS OF COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
- FORMS AND LEVELS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN RISK MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
- CASE STUDIES OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
- NEMA/NYSC COLLABORATION PROGRAMME (SOUTH- EAST ZONE)
- EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS
This represents a departure from the Europeanization of the experiences of local African people. Interactions must be maintained for the continuity of the project in the overall interest of the community. The programs also emphasized disasters, which are most widespread in the northwest of the country.
The technical report by NEMA (2010) presents the existing transnational knowledge interaction between the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Topo, Badagry and NEMA in the training of both the staff of the agency as well as stakeholders on purely administrative, financial, and sensitization of the public on disaster management programmes.
COLLABORATION WITH NIGERIAN
NEMA’S INTERVENTION ON BRIDGING
COMMUNICATION GAPS BETWEEN THE BORNO
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
The increasing urbanization in Nigeria has continuously brought to the fore the vulnerability and risk management thinking. The risk management approach offers a more systematic and integrated approach to incident prevention. All stakeholders, led by the public risk management agencies, should therefore adopt a community-based disaster risk management approach, which involves intensive and extensive consultation to build people's capacity to deal with disaster risks.
51 BOLANLE WAHAB, AYOBAMI ABAYOMI POPOOLA, SAMUEL MEDDAYESE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION IN RISK MANAGEMENT: EXAMPLES FROM NIGERIA.
By Mbambo S.B, Agbola S.B and Olojede O.A
This paper examines how innovative building technologies (IBTs) could be used to address the housing backlog and other related challenges in post-apartheid South Africa. The study uses the case of AV Light Steel together with its sister company Tshitshirisang Construction Company as a case study among active IBT system manufacturers using light steel for housing production in South Africa. IBT's challenges were identified to include purchasing and marketing products despite many successful projects.
The conclusion confirms the favorable prospects of IBTs in solving the housing backlog and related challenges in South Africa.
THE USE OF IBTs TO ADDRESS HOUSING CHALLENGES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF AV LIGHT STEEL, POTCHEFSTROOM, SOUTH AFRICA
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TOWARDS
SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
INNOVATIVE/
ALTERNATIVE BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
IBTS/ABTS) IN SOUTH AFRICA: A
- THE AV LIGHT STEEL’S FBS: THE NEXUS
- RESEARCH RESULTS 1 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION
- ATTRIBUTES AND ADVANTAGES OF FBS
- METHODOLOGY
- BENEFICIARIES’ PERCEPTIONS OF FBS-BUILT LOW-INCOME HOUSES
- The Shack in Dikgwale
- THE FRANKFORT PROJECT, FREE STATE
- The AV Light Steel House in Frankfort
- The Double-Bed Room in the AV Light Steel House in Frankfort
- Kitchen Cabinets in the Frankfort AV Light Steel House
- Shack That Served as Former Dwelling Unit in Frankfort
- THE CHALLENGES OF IBT SYSTEM PRODUCERS AND
- ANTICIPATING THE FUTURE AND
59 MBAMBO S.B, AGBOLA S.B, AND OLOJEDE O.A. USING IBTS TO ADDRESS HOUSING CHALLENGES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF AV LIGHT STEEL, POTCHEFSTROOM, SOUTH AFRICA. 63 MBAMBO S.B, AGBOLA S.B, AND OLOJEDE O.A. USING IBTS TO ADDRESS HOUSING CHALLENGES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF AV LIGHT STEEL, POTCHEFSTROOM, SOUTH AFRICA. Factors influencing the supply of housing in South Africa: a case study of the Fisantekraal Housing Development Project, Western Cape.
The contribution of alternative construction technologies (ABTs) to the transformation of the construction industry in South Africa.
SAFEGUARDING THE FOOD BASKET FROM OIL POLLUTION IN NIGERIA
The ecological and health damage of oil spills and pollution in Nigeria is incalculable and the systematic degradation of the environment, health, livelihood and food system of people living in oil spill areas is visibly unbearable. Findings revealed that oil spills lead to the collapse of the local economy, negatively impacting lives, livelihoods, stifling food production and food security. Oil spills also have consequential health implications for humans in the region and the ecosystems.
Paper suggests that in the post-oil city, an inclusive approach that detoxifies the environment, preserves livelihoods and health, restores human dignity and promotes environmental justice will help rebuild and protect water and food security.
POST-OIL CITY PERSPECTIVE
- NIGER DELTA GEO CONTEXT
- METHODOLOGY
- CONCEPTUAL DISCOURSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Environmental justice (EJ) “is a principle,
- LITERATURE REVIEW 1 THE CONCEPT OF OIL
- CATEGORIES, CAUSES AND VOLUME OF OIL
- IMPACTS OF OIL SPILLS IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION
- THE FOOD BASKET AND FOOD INSECURITY
Frequent and large oil spills occur in the Niger Delta area and these spills are underreported. There are no firm figures on the amount of oil spills in the Niger Delta (Ordinioha and Brisibe, 2013), but it is estimated that oil spills account for up to 546 million gallons of oil in the Niger Delta environment over the past five decades. , equivalent to about 11 million gallons per year (Amnesty International, 2011). Every year, hundreds of oil spills damage the environment and destroy the lives of people living in the Niger Delta.
Of particular concern in the Niger Delta are the frequent and extensive oil spills that have occurred.
SPILLAGE
FOOD BASKET
Shakí and the northern food basket all produce a variety of food crops that serve the rest of the country. The food that the World Food Program (WFP) distributes depends on the needs of the groups, and an appropriately composed food basket is critical to maintaining the nutritional status of affected people, especially when they are completely dependent on food aid. The size and composition of the food basket is tailored to local preferences, demographic profile, activity levels, climatic conditions, local coping capacity and existing levels of malnutrition and disease.
In emergency or refugee situations where people are completely dependent on food aid, the main components of WFP's food basket are staples such as wheat flour or rice; lentils, chickpeas or other legumes; vegetable oil (enriched with vitamins A and D);
CLEAN UP EFFORTS
There is therefore a need to protect the region through an urgent prioritization of places for the clean-up exercise in the Niger Delta. The preservation of the environment, the restoration of polluted streams and lands, the restoration of the dignity of the people will only happen when the citizens stand away from the pull of the barrel of crude oil and understand that the land is more important to our people than oil and its spoils” ( Bassey ERA/FoEN, 2009:11). Negative consequences can include plant toxicity and subsequent productivity decline, contamination of water and off-site areas through sediment transport, and increased health risks to humans and animals through accumulation in the food chain (FAO, 2017:10).
The efforts of the government in the recently commissioned clean-up exercise of affected areas in the Niger Delta could not be ascertained, but given the importance of oil exploration and exploitation to the Nigerian economy one would expect this initiative to yield positive results will yield.
RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
- CONCLUSION
The injustices of oil spills in the Niger Delta region: reflections on the failure of the oil industry in relation to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Report. Increasing Oil Theft and Illegal Bunkering in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Is There a Way Out. Human health implications of crude oil spills in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: An interpretation of published studies.
Effects of Oil Spill on Community Development in the Niger Delta Region: Implications for the Eradication of Poverty and Hunger (Millennium Development Goal One) in Nigeria.
By James Gondwe 1 & Mtafu Manda 2
Locating children's play spaces through the child-friendly city lens: Towards children's inclusiveness in Mzuzu City, Malawi. This paper uses a review of children's discourses on child-focused literature and content analysis of some of Malawi's planning instruments to argue that Mzuzu City is not a child-friendly city. Particular note is taken of the planning instruments which include the planning act, national urban policy, planning guidebook and Mzuzu city structure plan which dictate public space allocated for various activities to meet the needs and aspirations of adults at the expense of children's play needs.
This paper suggests that there is a need to reframe these planning tools as a way to reshape the built environment to capture the needs and aspirations of children, just as it does for adults.
LOCALIZING CHILDREN’S PLAY SPACES THROUGH THE CHILD FRIENDLY CITY LENS: TOWARDS CHILDREN’S INCLUSIVITY IN MZUZU CITY, MALAWI
- THE CHILD FRIENDLY CITY CONCEPT
- CONTEXTUALISING CHILDHOOD
- METHODOLOGY
- CHILD AGENCY IN URBAN SPACE
- ANALYSIS OF PLANNING INSTRUMENTS
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- CHILDREN AT THE FRINGE OF URBAN PLANNING IN
- REINVENTING THE WHEEL: CO-CREATING A
- REFERENCES
83 BY JAMES GONDWE& MTAFU MANDA LOCALIZING CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH THE CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY LENS: TOWARDS CHILDREN'S INCLUSIVENESS IN MZUZU CITY, MALAWI. 85 BY JAMES GONDWE& MTAFU MANDA LOCALIZING CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH THE CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY LENS: TOWARDS CHILDREN'S INCLUSIVENESS IN MZUZU CITY, MALAWI. 87 BY JAMES GONDWE& MTAFU MANDA LOCALIZING CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH THE CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY LENS: TOWARDS CHILDREN'S INCLUSIVENESS IN MZUZU CITY, MALAWI.
89 BY JAMES GONDWE& MTAFU MANDA LOCALIZING CHILDREN'S PLAYSPACES THROUGH THE CONCEPT OF CHILD FRIENDLY CITY: TOWARDS CHILDREN'S INCLUSION IN MZUZU CITY, MALAWI.
