Macarthy, JM and Koroma, B and Rigon, A and Frediani, AA and Klingel, A (Eds).
(2024)
Urban transformations in Sierra Leone: knowledge co-production and partnerships for a just city.
UCL Press: London.
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Abstract
With a population of 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.
| Type: | Book |
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| Title: | Urban transformations in Sierra Leone: knowledge co-production and partnerships for a just city |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800086852 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800086852 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800086852 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Collection © Editors, 2024 Text © Contributors, 2024 Images © Contributors and copyright holders named in captions, 2024 Any third-party material in this book is not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence. Details of the copyright ownership and permitted use of third-party material is given in the image (or extract) credit lines. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Macarthy, J. M., Koroma, B., Rigon, A., Frediani, A. A. and Klingel, A. (eds) 2024. Urban Transformations in Sierra Leone: Knowledge co-production and partnerships for a just city. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800086852 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available athttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | urban development, city-making, SLURC, informal settlements, Sierra Leone, Freetown |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200790 |
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