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Tag Archives: dharavi
Interview: Peter Sigrist and Katia Savchuk, co-founders of polis
I’ve mentioned before that though I didn’t discover polis until after beginning planologie, polis is in many ways a working model for what I hope planologie will become. Sitting down (virtually – we chatted online via Google WAVE) with Pete and Katia, the cofounders of polis, seemed logical for the first planologie interview.
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Posted in Interview, Josh Grigsby, Polis, Uncategorized
Tagged adaptive reuse, Anthony M. Tung, Bill McKibben, blogging, Brendan Crain, Civic Nature, collaboration, community development, Cornell, dharavi, globalism, Google WAVE, Harvard, Hernando de Soto, housing, India, informal settlements, katia savchuk, Koliwada Urban Typhoon, McKinsey, megacities, Moscow, Mumbai, NGOs, peter sigrist, Polis, residential mobility, San Francisco, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres, urban decision-making, urbanism, Westernization, Where
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from Polis: Informality and Inclusion
Recent developments in Kibera and Dharavi, two of the most high-profile slums in the world, underscore the importance of including informal workers in planning decisions. In Kibera, a UN-backed slum clearance is underway amidst protest from residents whose livelihoods are at risk (and landlords who control informal real estate). The redevelopment plan for Dharavi has been stalled due to upcoming elections, as politicians appear reluctant to alienate the millions of voters involved in the economy it would displace. Slum redevelopment often exacerbates poverty when informal workers are not involved in decision-making processes. Continue reading
Posted in Polis, Shout Outs
Tagged architecture, basudeb guha-khasnobis, best practices, collaborative, decision-making process, design, development, dharavi, elinor ostrom, governance, housing, inclusive cities project, informal, informal settlements, infrastructure, katia savchuk, kibera, legal representation, local economies, peter sigrist, planning, planologie, policy development, Polis, poverty, ravi kanbur, redevelopment, slum clearance, slums, theory, united nations, urban habitats, WIEGO
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