Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention : Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region / Kosta Mathéy, Silvia Matuk

• Funder: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2019: Backlist Collection
• HerausgeberIn: Mathéy, Kosta; Matuk, Silvia
• Author: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2019: Backlist Collection
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Urban studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Reviewed in: www.friedensnews.at, 11.01.2015, Andreas Hermann Landl Environment & Urbanization, 2 (2015), Mara Evangelina Filippi Wissenschaft & Frieden, 1 (2015)

Table of Contents

i Contents v Preface 1 Introduction 6 Violence, Cities, and Prevention: A Conceptual Framework for Reducing Violence in the Urban Realm 24 Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in a Johannesburg Neighbourhood 42 Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora Neighbourhood, Nairobi, Kenya 62 Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon 78 "There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau" Strategies of Preventing, Handling, and Aggravating Conflicts in Local Dispute Settlement 98 Urban Violence and the Chinese State in the Post-Mao Reform 118 Local Civil Society and the New Puzzle of Violence in Central America 128 Meanings and Practices of Non-violence 150 Integrated Urban Upgrading and Violence Prevention in San Salvador Results of an Impact Evaluation 164 Drug-Related Violence in Mexico: State and Community Responses. A qualitative Approach 182 Youth as Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence 202 Overcoming the Invisible Boundaries of an Informal Neighborhood: A Youth Initiative in Itagüi, Colombia 222 Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in a Refugee Camp 234 Religious Procession as a Mediator for Social Intimacy: Building Communal Harmony in Dharavi after the 1992 Mumbai Riot 268 Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Preliminary Insights 280 Embracing the Complexity of Community Safety Challenges 294 The Contributors 307