Translations of Urban Regulation in Relations between Kigali (Rwanda) and Singapore PDF Download

Author: Stephan Bock
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643909861
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Following debates on urban policy-mobilities and -learning in Human Geographies the dissertation takes the example of Kigali's masterplan to show how aspirations of Rwandan and Singaporean policy-makers are transformed into concrete urban planning interactions. It provides a close analysis of the practices behind the mobilization of spatial planning expertise. The dissertation traces how planning approaches and regulations are mediated within the interaction between Singaporean and Rwandan actors and ultimately take shape in Kigali's urban space.

Author: Natacha Aveline-Dubach
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1394257481
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Over the last 20 years, urbanization processes have undergone profound transformations under the growing influence of private actors, particularly in the financial sector. This has exposed the physical environment of various cities to global capital flows, which has generated an overall rise in real estate values on a global scale. This is often disconnected from the financial capacities of local actors – primarily households – which then increases the inequalities and vulnerabilities of societies regarding financial and environmental risks. This book offers the keys to understanding these new dynamics of capital accumulation in the general built-up environment of cities by taking into account the diversity of their configurations, their intensity and their urban effects according to national contexts. Beyond the cases involving the major Western countries, the initial centers of the financial industry and the theorizations on the urban, this book addresses the particular contexts of real estate production in four major regions: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and West Africa.

Author: Jean Pierre Boutché
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643909748
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Languages : en
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Zusammenfassung This book investigates the speech of non-ethnic Fulfulde speakers in Maroua, Northern Cameroon, focussed on the Christian community, where the language is adopted as evangelistic instrument beside French. Three key reasons motivate our investigation. First: Context - Fulfulde is embedded in a multilingual contact situation with Indo-European languages (French, English) and many other local languages belonging to Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo phyla. Second: Fulfulde as lingua franca in the region. This status is unique compared to the situation in other countries such as Senegal, Chad or Sudan where it is mainly an intraethnic medium of communication. Third: In contrast to the common perception of Fulfulde as the language of a Muslim community - here we are targeting the Christian Fulfulde speakers who share the language as well as the Bible (translated into Fulfulde) as common goods for interethnic communication in their religious activities.

Author: Jocelyne Kenne Kenne
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643914385
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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"This book is the first in-depth treatment from a linguistic perspective of the Chinese presence in Africa. It is essentially a detailed study on communication in various domains between Chinese immigrants in Cameroon and the local community with whom they interact. In eight chapters this well-organized book is able to give a relatively detailed sociolinguistic description of the host country, Cameroon, provide a good theoretical background of the study, outline the methodology used for the study which involved mainly a questionnaire survey, semi-structured interviews, and field observations before drawing conclusions to the study. This is a brilliant contribution to a growing literature on the global Chinese diaspora." Adams Bodomo, Professor of African Studies (Chair of Linguistics and Literatures) at the University of Vienna, Austria

Author: Yusuf Baba Gar
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643914105
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Languages : en
Pages : 170

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The book identifies and critically analyses Hausa contemporary films known as Kannywood. The focus is on video films with particular emphasis on sources in oral literature. How traditional theatres are re-enacted and re-framed during filmmaking, and how far are traditional traits captured, changed, or enriched in video film are some issues the book negotiates on. The harmony between orature and technology, as generated by means of the transported film medium is expressed in the book. The new medium is integrated into the ongoing traditional and cultural surroundings, where native narrative traditions have been adopted into the global film medium, which is in alignment with contemporary medial culture.

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Publisher:
ISBN: 1682260623
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Author: Sameerah Imaan Aumjaud
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Current methods of urban regeneration, more specifically as practiced in Rwanda, are totally devoid of socially inclusive approaches, and highly lack contextual adaptability. In the aftermath of the genocide of 1994, which plundered the country's resources and human capita, Rwanda has undergone various states of reconstruction - socially, economically and architecturally. Over the past two decades, Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, has been building up its momentum of development towards translating itself into a dynamic urban hub, aiming at attracting foreign investors to boost the local economy. In 2007, the government adopted the Kigali Conceptual Master Plan, branding Kigali as a city of character, vibrant economy and diversity. Since then, various alterations of the masterplan have been issued. Today, Kigali's skyline is dominated by steel, glass and concrete megastructures, in the image of 'modernity'. However, these efforts at transforming Kigali into a city anchored on Western standards are completely disconnected from the current socio-cultural, ecological and economic dynamics. The masterplan promotes the annihilation of the informal areas within the city, which account for the dwelling area of 66% of Kigali's population. It also dismisses the undulating topography and communal significance of Kigali's wetlands to informal dwellers. Consequently, the latter remain deeply vulnerable, constantly living under the fear of being evicted or relocated, while the wetland valleys, currently under serious ecological threat, are destined to be converted into parks reserved for the elite. Through the critique of current methods and proposals of urban revitalisation, this thesis advocates for a more inclusive approach to urban planning, and promotes urban development lying in the interest of every strata of Rwandan society. The work dwells into how wetlands can be utilised as a backbone for urban revitalisation by optimising the potential of Kigali's watershed to provide adequate infrastructure that consolidates existing community relationships. The juxtaposition of ecology, infrastructure and architecture opens the possibilities for various patterns of incremental growth, while remaining sensitive to the social, environmental and cultural dimensions of the urban fabric. The design strategy proposes a framework supporting enhanced livability based on the dimensions of society, economy, biodiversity, and sustainable development. The framework is explored through three nodes, each with its own specific challenges, and focusses primarily on restoring water quality and wetland ecology through a decentralised, human-centric set of interventions. This work also showcases how the framework allows for continuous growth in the medium and long term, remaining in complete synchronisation with the altering dynamics of Kigali's emerging society. In contexts like Rwanda, where peace and conflict are sensitive and controversial matters, this thesis demonstrates how design can not only build communities and trigger tenacious social relations, but also how it can act as a gentle and subversive form of questioning the status quo.

Author: The World Bank;Government of Rwanda
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464812853
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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A strong and widely acknowledged record of economic success-including a three-and-a-half-fold increase in per capita income since 1994--places Rwanda among the world’s fastest--growing economies. Traumatic memories of the 1994 genocide are gradually fading, as associations begin to take a more positive form--of a nation on the rise, powered by human resilience, a sense of common purpose, and a purposeful government. Past successes and a sense of frailty have fueled aspirations for a secure, prosperous, and modern future. Sustaining high rates of economic growth is at the heart of these ambitions. Recent formulations of the nation’s Vision 2050 set a target of achieving upper-middle-income status by 2035 and high-income status by 2050. Future Drivers of Growth in Rwanda: Innovation, Integration, Agglomeration, and Competition, a joint undertaking by experts from Rwanda and the World Bank Group, evaluates the country’s possibilities and options in this endeavor. The report identifies four essential drivers of growth--innovation, integration, agglomeration, and competition--and reforms in six priority areas: human capital development, export dynamism and regional integration, well-managed urbanization, competitive domestic enterprises, agricultural modernization, and capable and accountable public institutions.

Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464814414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Seventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.

Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789211483192
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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The report presents findings from the 2018 revision of World Urbanization Prospects, which contains the latest estimates of the urban and rural populations or areas from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2050, as well as estimates of population size from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2030 for all urban agglomerations with 300,000 inhabitants or more in 2018. The world urban population is at an all-time high, and the share of urban dwellers, is projected to represent two thirds of the global population in 2050. Continued urbanization will bring new opportunities and challenges for sustainable development.