Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention
Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region
Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself.
This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab region and is of interest likewise for academics and urban practitioners, policy makers, international cooperation experts or travelers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries.
With a preface by Caroline Moser.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Preface
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Setting the Context
Introduction
Seiten 6 - 23 -
Violence, Cities, and Prevention: A Conceptual Framework for Reducing Violence in the Urban Realm
Seiten 24 - 40 -
Lessons Learnt from Africa
Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in a Johannesburg Neighbourhood
Seiten 42 - 61 -
Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora Neighbourhood, Nairobi, Kenya
Seiten 62 - 77 -
Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon
Seiten 78 - 97 -
"There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau" Strategies of Preventing, Handling, and Aggravating Conflicts in Local Dispute Settlement
Seiten 98 - 116 -
A Lesson from China
Urban Violence and the Chinese State in the Post-Mao Reform
Seiten 118 - 126 -
Lessons Learnt from Latin America
Local Civil Society and the New Puzzle of Violence in Central America
Seiten 128 - 149 -
Meanings and Practices of Non-violence
Seiten 150 - 163 -
Integrated Urban Upgrading and Violence Prevention in San Salvador Results of an Impact Evaluation
Seiten 164 - 181 -
Drug-Related Violence in Mexico: State and Community Responses. A qualitative Approach
Seiten 182 - 200 -
Youth and Gang Violence
Youth as Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence
Seiten 202 - 221 -
Overcoming the Invisible Boundaries of an Informal Neighborhood: A Youth Initiative in Itagüi, Colombia
Seiten 222 - 233 -
Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in a Refugee Camp
Seiten 234 - 266 -
Alternative Approaches to Combat Urban Violence
Religious Procession as a Mediator for Social Intimacy: Building Communal Harmony in Dharavi after the 1992 Mumbai Riot
Seiten 268 - 279 -
Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Preliminary Insights
Seiten 280 - 293 -
Embracing the Complexity of Community Safety Challenges
Seiten 294 - 306 -
The Contributors
Seiten 307 - 314
6 October 2014, 314 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-2990-3
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