Robert Nutifafa Arku
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4181856 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Robert Nutifafa Arku |
| NOMBRES | Robert Nutifafa |
| APELLIDO | Arku |
| FIRMA | ARKU R N |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2018-886X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based geo-participation tools as a public participation technique
Multimodal Accessibility and the Capitalization of Realized Access by Car and Transit in Housing Prices Across Canada
Although the transportation accessibility benefits afforded by multiple transportation modes play a fundamental role in determining transportation costs and land prices, there are challenges associated with isolating how multimodal accessibility benefits are capitalized into property values. In response, this research extends calibrated gravity-based measures of potential accessibility to employment by car and transit to include mode share propor…
Prefigurative urbanization
Housing cooperatives and social movements have become significant actors in the housing delivery in Harare, Zimbabwe. This paper examines how these social movements contribute to the transformation of urban territories. We argue that through strategies, such as collective defiance and demonstration of alternative; housing cooperatives and social movements have challenged urban authorities to concede to new forms of urban development. These urban …
Do affluent neighbourhoods pay more for transit access? Exploring the capitalization of employment accessibility within different housing submarkets in Vancouver
Decades of research indicate that accessibility plays a fundamental role in the urban systems of cities by influencing land markets and household location choices. Accessibility is also often positioned as a policy tool in enhancing the well-being of disadvantaged population groups. Considered together, recent research into transportation equity underscores the need to critically investigate the distribution of accessibility with their affordabil…
Precarious power’
For the poor residents in Witsand, an informal settlement on the periphery of Cape Town, electricity access is an everyday struggle, where households circumvent Eskom's vouchers and prepaid meters to adapt electricity to their lived realities. In this paper, we argue that in a context where Eskom electricity provision is often exclusionary, residents deploy diverse strategies to challenge this form of infrastructure violence. Drawing on over twen…
Trapped or not trapped? An empirical investigation into the lived experiences of the urban poor in Harare’s selected informal settlements
The role of informal settlements in human development remains contested in urban studies literature. For instance, some existing studies view urban informal settlements as hotspots of social unrest, squalor and precarious residential environments (poverty traps); while others perceive them as places where the poor become resourceful, ingenious, and develop necessary skills to navigate urban life (pathways out of poverty). The absence of systemati…
A critical analysis of ‘smart cities’ as an urban development strategy in Africa
Smart cities are becoming a popular urban development strategy to address complex and multiple challenges confronting cities globally, including in Africa. Using the 3RC framework, this paper critically analyses smart cities using experiences from Nairobi (Kenya), Johannesburg (South Africa), Lagos (Nigeria), Kigali (Rwanda) and Casablanca (Morocco). Are smart cities a panacea to Africa's quest for sustainable urbanization? Our analyses demonstra…
Regional economic resilience
Since the late 2000s, the concept of regional economic resilience has become the new buzzword in economic geography. Despite considerable attention, a common sentiment in the literature is that regional economic resilience is an underdeveloped and fuzzy concept. Therefore, this paper conducted a scoping review of 168 articles on the concept of regional economic resilience from 2000 to 2022 to assess its present conceptual state. The paper finds t…
Exploring the rationalization, functional integration and socio-spatial implications of Zimbabwe’s New Capital City (NCC)
The development of new master-planned cities is a popular approach to decongest major metropolitan areas in different African countries, including Zimbabwe. This paper is an exploratory analysis of Zimbabwe’s New Capital City (NCC), being created roughly 20 kilometers outside Harare. Specifically, the paper analyzes the design of the NCC, the principles underpinning its production, the different rationalities used by policymakers for its legitima…
Highlighting smart city mirages in public perceptions
Precarious power’
For the poor residents in Witsand, an informal settlement on the periphery of Cape Town, electricity access is an everyday struggle, where households circumvent Eskom's vouchers and prepaid meters to adapt electricity to their lived realities. In this paper, we argue that in a context where Eskom electricity provision is often exclusionary, residents deploy diverse strategies to challenge this form of infrastructure violence. Drawing on over twen…
Exploring the rationalization, functional integration and socio-spatial implications of Zimbabwe’s New Capital City (NCC)
The development of new master-planned cities is a popular approach to decongest major metropolitan areas in different African countries, including Zimbabwe. This paper is an exploratory analysis of Zimbabwe’s New Capital City (NCC), being created roughly 20 kilometers outside Harare. Specifically, the paper analyzes the design of the NCC, the principles underpinning its production, the different rationalities used by policymakers for its legitima…
Highlighting smart city mirages in public perceptions
A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based geo-participation tools as a public participation technique
Multimodal Accessibility and the Capitalization of Realized Access by Car and Transit in Housing Prices Across Canada
Although the transportation accessibility benefits afforded by multiple transportation modes play a fundamental role in determining transportation costs and land prices, there are challenges associated with isolating how multimodal accessibility benefits are capitalized into property values. In response, this research extends calibrated gravity-based measures of potential accessibility to employment by car and transit to include mode share propor…
Highlighting smart city mirages in public perceptions
Trapped or not trapped? An empirical investigation into the lived experiences of the urban poor in Harare’s selected informal settlements
The role of informal settlements in human development remains contested in urban studies literature. For instance, some existing studies view urban informal settlements as hotspots of social unrest, squalor and precarious residential environments (poverty traps); while others perceive them as places where the poor become resourceful, ingenious, and develop necessary skills to navigate urban life (pathways out of poverty). The absence of systemati…
A critical analysis of ‘smart cities’ as an urban development strategy in Africa
Smart cities are becoming a popular urban development strategy to address complex and multiple challenges confronting cities globally, including in Africa. Using the 3RC framework, this paper critically analyses smart cities using experiences from Nairobi (Kenya), Johannesburg (South Africa), Lagos (Nigeria), Kigali (Rwanda) and Casablanca (Morocco). Are smart cities a panacea to Africa's quest for sustainable urbanization? Our analyses demonstra…
Regional economic resilience
Since the late 2000s, the concept of regional economic resilience has become the new buzzword in economic geography. Despite considerable attention, a common sentiment in the literature is that regional economic resilience is an underdeveloped and fuzzy concept. Therefore, this paper conducted a scoping review of 168 articles on the concept of regional economic resilience from 2000 to 2022 to assess its present conceptual state. The paper finds t…
Exploring the rationalization, functional integration and socio-spatial implications of Zimbabwe’s New Capital City (NCC)
The development of new master-planned cities is a popular approach to decongest major metropolitan areas in different African countries, including Zimbabwe. This paper is an exploratory analysis of Zimbabwe’s New Capital City (NCC), being created roughly 20 kilometers outside Harare. Specifically, the paper analyzes the design of the NCC, the principles underpinning its production, the different rationalities used by policymakers for its legitima…
Prefigurative urbanization
Housing cooperatives and social movements have become significant actors in the housing delivery in Harare, Zimbabwe. This paper examines how these social movements contribute to the transformation of urban territories. We argue that through strategies, such as collective defiance and demonstration of alternative; housing cooperatives and social movements have challenged urban authorities to concede to new forms of urban development. These urban …
Do affluent neighbourhoods pay more for transit access? Exploring the capitalization of employment accessibility within different housing submarkets in Vancouver
Decades of research indicate that accessibility plays a fundamental role in the urban systems of cities by influencing land markets and household location choices. Accessibility is also often positioned as a policy tool in enhancing the well-being of disadvantaged population groups. Considered together, recent research into transportation equity underscores the need to critically investigate the distribution of accessibility with their affordabil…
Precarious power’
For the poor residents in Witsand, an informal settlement on the periphery of Cape Town, electricity access is an everyday struggle, where households circumvent Eskom's vouchers and prepaid meters to adapt electricity to their lived realities. In this paper, we argue that in a context where Eskom electricity provision is often exclusionary, residents deploy diverse strategies to challenge this form of infrastructure violence. Drawing on over twen…
A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based geo-participation tools as a public participation technique
Multimodal Accessibility and the Capitalization of Realized Access by Car and Transit in Housing Prices Across Canada
Although the transportation accessibility benefits afforded by multiple transportation modes play a fundamental role in determining transportation costs and land prices, there are challenges associated with isolating how multimodal accessibility benefits are capitalized into property values. In response, this research extends calibrated gravity-based measures of potential accessibility to employment by car and transit to include mode share propor…
Geography (9 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Economic geography (4 obras) · Economic growth (4 obras) · Regional science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Economics (3 obras)