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21. Should Monrovian Communities Agree to Voluntary Slum Relocations: Land, Gender and Urban Governance

Author : M. Siraj Sait

Published in: Land Issues for Urban Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Slum-dwellers in Monrovia, Liberia, facing extreme environmental hazards and flooding are being advised by the National Housing Authority (NHA) to relocate, but the process and outcome is unclear. The slum-dwellers are vulnerable owing to their location, risks and socio-economic profile given prolonged civil war, the tenuous return to democracy and an Ebola health epidemic in one of the poorest economies of Africa. This chapter analyses the multi-stakeholder endeavour to develop voluntary gender-responsive relocation guidelines, while addressing issues such as land, livelihoods, financing and urban services in a relocation package. The chapter explores how good urban governance is a requirement for a successful community-led and human rights-based sustainable slum resettlement.

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Metadata
Title
Should Monrovian Communities Agree to Voluntary Slum Relocations: Land, Gender and Urban Governance
Author
M. Siraj Sait
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Land Issues for Urban Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-52503-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-52504-0

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52504-0_21