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dc.contributor.authorZapata, María José
dc.contributor.authorKain, Campos Jaan Henrik
dc.contributor.authorOloko, Michael
dc.contributor.authorStenberg, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorZapata, Patrik
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-02T08:20:17Z
dc.date.available2021-06-02T08:20:17Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-20
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.jooust.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10440
dc.description.abstractResearch and policy argue for more compact cities to respond to sustainable development challenges. However, what actually needs to be made more compact and how, is under examined, particularly in global South cities where north notions of urban qualities are adopted without being questioned. Informed by a qualitative study in informal and compact neighborhoods in Havana, this paper explores which qualities are important to deliver more just cities, and what strategies are developed by residents to strengthen beneficial qualities and address detrimental qualities in contexts of informal urbanization and compactness. It shows how the street, human capital, neighborhood, housing affordability, citizenship and vibrancy are significant compact city qualities neglected in the literature. Finally, the paper shows how diverse strategies are developed by residents to draw upon these qualities, such as self-help urbanism, learning and innovation, economic entrepreneurship, networks of solidarity, economies of reciprocity, local imaginaries and active citizenship.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Housing and the Built Environmenten_US
dc.subjectCompact citiesen_US
dc.subjectDensityen_US
dc.subjectInformal settlementsen_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjectPublic spaceen_US
dc.subjectNeighborhooden_US
dc.titleUrban Qualities and Residents’ Strategies in Compact Global South Cities: The Case of Havanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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