Rethinking the off-grid city

被引：15

作者：

Caprotti, Federico ^{[1
]}

de Groot, Jiska ^{[2
]}

Bobbins, Kerry ^{[1
]}

Mathebula, Norman ^{[2
]}

Butler, Catherine ^{[1
]}

Moorlach, Mascha ^{[3
]}

Schloemann, Hendrik ^{[4
]}

Densmore, Alex ^{[4
]}

Finlay, Kimenthrie ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Exeter, Dept Geog, Exeter, Devon, England

[2] Univ Cape Town, African Climate & Dev Initiat, Cape Town, South Africa

[3] Univ Cape Town, Dept Elect Engn, Cape Town, South Africa

[4] Zonke Energy, Cape Town, South Africa

[5] Thrie Energy Collect, Cape Town, South Africa

来源：

URBAN GEOGRAPHY | 2022年 / 43卷 / 08期

关键词：

Off-grid city; informality; urban infrastructures; urban development; access to infrastructure; urban poverty; ENERGY POVERTY; URBAN; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICS; CITIES; POLICY;

D O I：

10.1080/02723638.2022.2036928

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

There has been a resurgence in interest in the off-grid city in the Global South, and on how it functions as a collection of places, lived spaces, and dynamic infrastructural configurations. As scholars and practitioners working in the South African off-grid urban context, we identify four areas for further elaboration in off-grid urban research: 1.) redefining academic and practical understandings of the "grid", ultimately moving to rethink its meaning in the city; 2.) the need to decolonize and decenter the relationship between global and technocratic urban development "standards", practices and discourses, and the granular off-grid context; 3.) the imperative of critically engaging with narratives of inadequacy and imperfection as often applied to off-grid, informal urban spaces; 4.) the priority of moving towards a needs-based approach to off-grid development, focusing on urban knowledge co-production with local communities to ensure their needs and interests are met.

引用

页码：1217 / 1230

页数：14

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