Negotiating informality and urban resilience
Implications for Equity
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 4239200 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Hallie Eakin (0000-0001-8253-1320), Johan Enqvist (0000-0003-0901-7987), Maike Hamann (0000-0003-2906-4043), Nadine Methner (0000-0002-9153-8425), Martha Nthambi Sibanda, Jade Sullivan, Ernita Van Wyk (0000-0002-1091-360X), G Ziervogel (0000-0003-4219-6809) |
| Año | 2025 |
| Volumen | 30 |
| Número | 2 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Editorial | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-16059-300220 |
| OpenAlex | W4410439637 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 9 |
Informality is a distinguishing characteristic of cities in the Global South and is strongly associated with urban inequality. Yet, in pursuing resilience, urban resilience strategies and planning have yet to grapple with the role of informality in social-ecological dynamics, resulting in incomplete representations of the reality of these cities’ socioeconomic and demographic diversity. Neglect of informality has significant, but uncertain, implications for equity in resilience planning. In this paper, we conceptualize the complex, dynamic urban systems in southern Africa as emergent from the interdependent interactions between formally recognized and so-called “informal” institutions, economic activities, and social-ecological processes and entities. These interactions generate feedback and emergent outcomes locally and at the scale of the broader urban system, with complex implications for urban resilience, equity, and sustainability. We explore the role of informality in urban resilience in relation to two cases of urban environmental crises: drought in Cape Town, South Africa, and flooding in Lilongwe, Malawi. The cases illustrate how managing resilience at one spatial or temporal scale can mask or generate inequitable outcomes at other scales. The role of informality and its linkages need to be acknowledged for informality to be better incorporated into urban resilience planning, as recognition is often the first step to confronting legal and normative barriers and significant power asymmetries. Informality is a malleable social-political construct, and the actors who control its definition have significant influence over the distribution of rights, responsibilities, and resilience in urban systems. Any strategy to improve social equity in urban resilience planning therefore must address the asymmetries in power that characterize the informal/formal divide. Formally recognized organizations that can legitimately bridge informal and formal spaces play key roles in enhancing procedural, and thus distributive, justice outcomes, as well as in creating the collective capacity to address rapid urban change in the Global South
Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Negotiation · Political science · Disaster Management and Resilience
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| Obras citantes distintas | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 9 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 8 |