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

Kosta Mathéy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3837629902 ISBN 13: 9783837629903

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, 2014

Synopsis

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 organise itself. The 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 travellers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries.

About this title

About the Author:

Kosta Mathey (Prof. Dr.) is director of GLOBUS, the Global Urban Institute, in Berlin and teaches at the HafenCity University Hamburg. He conceived the 'Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading Program' in Cape Town, generally considered to be the most successful of that kind in Africa. Silvia Matuk (Dipl.-Ing.) is co-director of GLOBUS and worked in housing reconstruction after the civil war in El Salvador.

About this edition

• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 3837629902
• ISBN 13: 9783837629903
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314
• Editor: Kosta Mathéy, Silvia Matuk