The nexus of displacement, asset vulnerability and the Right to the City: the case of the refugees and urban poor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

O'Loghlen, Aisling and McWilliams, Christopher (2017) The nexus of displacement, asset vulnerability and the Right to the City: the case of the refugees and urban poor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 9 (1). pp. 21-45. ISSN 1946-3138

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2016.1254088

Abstract

This paper examines the asset vulnerability and livelihood strategies of refugees and the urban poor in slum settlements of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Asset Vulnerability Framework is used as the analytical framework of how household’s assets are affected by vulnerability. Using qualitative analysis, factors which impact on the livelihood assets of both groups are examined. The paper focuses on the five main assets as indicated by Moser, while conceptualising further the assets which both populations aspire to accumulate, and which are necessary for them to prosper – rights, in this case the Right to the City. The paper, therefore, attempts to develop linkages between these areas: asset vulnerability, displacement and the Right to the City.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: urban; refugees; Right to the City; asset vulnerability; Dar es Salaam; livelihoods
Subjects: L700 Human and Social Geography
Department: Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences
Depositing User: Aisling O'Loghlen
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2018 12:41
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 09:01
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/33320

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