Environment and Planning D Society and Space· 2016Q1
Peripheral urbanization: Autoconstruction, transversal logics, and politics in cities of the global south
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Short summary
Peripheral urbanization, where residents build their own homes and neighborhoods, is a pervasive mode of city production in the Global South that operates with distinct temporality and agency, engages transversally with official planning, generates new political modes, and results in highly unequal cities.
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Key points
- Peripheral urbanization is a dominant mode of city production in the Global South, characterized by residents building their own housing and neighborhoods.
- This process operates with a unique temporality and agency, distinct from top-down planning.
- Peripheral urbanization engages transversally with official urban logics, creating new political dynamics.
- It results in highly unequal and heterogeneous cities, varying significantly between different urban contexts.
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Abstract
Many cities around the world have been largely constructed by their residents, who build not only their own houses, but also frequently their neighborhoods. In this article, I use the notion of peripheral urbanization to analyze this way of producing cities that is quite pervasive in the global south. I argue that peripheral urbanization refers to modes of the production of space that (a) operate with a specific temporality and agency, (b) engage transversally with official logics, (c) generate new modes of politics, and (d) create highly unequal and heterogeneous cities. I also argue that peripheral urbanization not only produces heterogeneity within the city as it unfolds over time, but also varies considerably from one city to another. I build my arguments by juxtaposing dissimilar cases from a few cities in the global south. To focus on peripheral urbanization means simultaneously to de-center urban theory and to offer a bold characterization of modes of the production of space that are different from those that generated the cities of the North Atlantic.
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Field: Urban Studies
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