The struggle for access to essential infrastructures in self-produced pericentral neighborhoods of Maputo. Issue 3 (3rd July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lage, Jéssica
• Is Part Of: African geographical review. Volume 40:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 288
• Page End: 308
• Publication Date: 2021-07-03
• Subjects: Maputo -- self-produced pericentral neighborhoods -- access to essential infrastructures -- different initiatives; Africa -- Geography -- Periodicals; Africa -- Description and travel -- Periodicals; 916.005
• DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2021.1911818
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1937-6812

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The history of the city of Maputo was shaped by several transformations reflected in the processes leading to its urban fabric. It is possible to identify the contextual periods that determined these processes and the different events that molded the consolidation of this dualized city, with special focus on the access to essential infrastructures (roads, water, sanitation and electricity). This article follows this evolution from the self-produced pericentral neighborhoods, by analyzing the processes, practices and policies adopted in the urban environment and the inequalities in the access to infrastructures remaining until the present day. My research, based on interviewing the managing entities and on surveying inhabitants of some of these neighborhoods, aims to expose the problems related to infrastructural subsystems and to bring forward the different and alternative initiatives and mechanisms adopted by all parts concerned in overcoming these difficulties.