TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience Pathways of Informal Settlements in Nairobi
T2 - Stasis, Decline, Adaptation, and Transformation
AU - Fransen, Jan
AU - Hati, Beatrice
AU - van Stapele, Naomi
AU - Kiriro, Samuel
AU - Nyumba, Rosebella
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI).
PY - 2024/1/11
Y1 - 2024/1/11
N2 - This study investigates resilience pathways of informal settlements, and their diverse impacts through community-based participatory research in Mathare and Korogocho, Nairobi. Results reveal that resilience pathways were relatively stable in the 1970s and 1980s, declined in the 1990s, and changed towards more adaptive approaches in the 2000s. Each period accommodates a dynamic mix of maladaptive, adaptive, and transformative resilience initiatives. Adaptive resilience initiatives are sustainable and adopt frugal practice to cope with resource constraints, without harming others. Transformative resilience initiatives are rare, as they require a significant shift in societal norms and institutions. The study emphasizes the need to recognize the dynamics and variety of resilience initiatives in informal settlements. The study therefore recommends (1) recognizing and supporting adaptive and transformative resilience initiatives; (2) recognizing the dynamics and variety of resilience initiatives of informal settlements; and (3) addressing inhibiting institutional settings of informal settlements.
AB - This study investigates resilience pathways of informal settlements, and their diverse impacts through community-based participatory research in Mathare and Korogocho, Nairobi. Results reveal that resilience pathways were relatively stable in the 1970s and 1980s, declined in the 1990s, and changed towards more adaptive approaches in the 2000s. Each period accommodates a dynamic mix of maladaptive, adaptive, and transformative resilience initiatives. Adaptive resilience initiatives are sustainable and adopt frugal practice to cope with resource constraints, without harming others. Transformative resilience initiatives are rare, as they require a significant shift in societal norms and institutions. The study emphasizes the need to recognize the dynamics and variety of resilience initiatives in informal settlements. The study therefore recommends (1) recognizing and supporting adaptive and transformative resilience initiatives; (2) recognizing the dynamics and variety of resilience initiatives of informal settlements; and (3) addressing inhibiting institutional settings of informal settlements.
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U2 - 10.1057/s41287-023-00605-w
DO - 10.1057/s41287-023-00605-w
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85182242424
SN - 0957-8811
VL - 36
SP - 355
EP - 380
JO - European Journal of Development Research
JF - European Journal of Development Research
IS - 2
ER -