Urban Transformations in Sierra Leone (eBook, ePUB)

Knowledge co-production and partnerships for a just city
Redaktion: Macarthy, Joseph M.; Klingel, Andrea; Frediani, Alexandre Apsan; Rigon, Andrea; Koroma, Braima

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With a population over one million, Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, faces serious challenges around provision of services, housing and infrastructure, all exacerbated by climate change. Already, a large share of the Freetown population lives in informal settlements and as many as 70 per cent of the city's residents are employed on an informal basis.

In 2015, the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) was established to engage with urban challenges in Sierra Leone through research, capacity building and advocacy activities in areas such as health, land, housing and mobility. SLURC has become a platform for dialogue among urban stakeholders to negotiate the future of the city.

Urban Transformations in Sierra Leone aims to share SLURC's journey so far, articulating the key findings generated by its various research projects, while also reflecting on the partnerships it has enabled. By bringing together research from different sectors, the book makes a significant contribution to knowledge on Freetown, and demonstrates the potential of transdisciplinary work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: UCL Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800086883
• Artikelnr.: 70842488

Autorenporträt

Joseph M. Macarthy is executive director of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre. Braima Koroma is director of research and training at the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre. Andrea Rigon is professor of participatory development planning at UCL and will soon join the Polytechnic of Milan. Alexandre Apsan Frediani is the principal researcher at the Human Settlements Group of the International Institute for Environment and Development, in London. Andrea Klingel is director of operations at the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre.