Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention: Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region (Urban Studies)

Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself. This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab region and is of interest likewise for academics and urban practitioners, policy makers, international cooperation experts or travelers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries. With a preface by Caroline Moser. Urbanism;,Violence;,Peacebuilding;,Safety;,Community;,GLOBUS;,City;,Urban,Studies;,Sociology,of,Crime;,Sociology Urbanism,Violence,Peacebuilding,Safety,Community,GLOBUS,City,Urban Studies,Sociology of Crime,Sociology Cover Community-Based Violence Prevention Contents Preface Setting the Context 01. Introduction 02. Conceptual Underpinning of Violence Prevention Lessons Learnt from Africa 03. Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in A Johannesburg Neighbourhood 04. Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora, Nairobi 05. Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon 06. “There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau” Practices in Local Dispute Settlement A Lesson from China 07. Shanghai Gone. Domicide and Defiance in A Chinese Megacity Lessons Learnt from Latin America 08. Local Civil Society and the Central American Puzzle of Violence 09. Meanings and Practices of Non-Violence 10. Integrated Settlement Upgrading Approach to Violence Prevention in San Salvador 11. State and Community Responses to Drug-Related Violence in Mexico Youth and Gang Violence 12. Youth As Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence “The Experience of Projóvenes II in El Salvador” 13. Overcoming Invisible Frontiers in the Barrio: a Youth Initiative in Itagui 14. Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in A Refugee Camp in Jordan Alternative Approaches to Combat Urban Violence 15. Religious Processions as a Means of Social Conciliation 16. Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Obvious Katsaura 17. Building Safe Communities of Opportunities The Contributors

Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself.This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab region and is of interest likewise for academics and urban practitioners, policy makers, international cooperation experts or travelers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries.With a preface by Caroline Moser.