This book chapter discusses the history of urbanisation of Juba as the capital of South Sudan after the 2011 independence. The article explores how citizens’ expectations in relation to the urbanisation agenda differ from those of the elites, including on service delivery. Finally, it provides insights on how South Sudan’s urban authorities’ response to needs and challenges facing a growing urban population has contributed to violence. Download the book here.
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This article forms the introduction of a special issue on the relation between dynamics of violent conflict and urbanisation in Central and Eastern Africa. The aim of this collection of articles is to contribute to a profound understanding of the role of ‘the urban’ in African conflict dynamics in order to seize their future potential as centres of stability, development, peace-building or post-conflict reconstruction. This introduction argues for the need to bridge both the ‘urban…
This Policy Brief draws on the findings of field research carried out as part of a larger project on the social, economic and political consequences of urbanisation in four cities in Sudan, Juba, Nyala, Port Sudan and Khartoum. This document presents findings from Juba.
This paper reports research commissioned by the Danish Refugee Council’s human security unit, Danish Demining Group in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, through the middle of 2011. The paper is designed to highlight potential sources of conflict in the state, especially those associated with rapid socio-economic change. it is intended to help development actors to design and implement their programmes in conflict-sensitive ways.
This report from 2011 analyses the drivers and consequences of urbanisation, as well as assessing its implications in terms of the vulnerability of urban populations to future hazards and shocks.
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