Open Accessurbanisation dilemmas in delta cities
Author(s) -
Like Bijlsma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
proceedings 24th isuf 2017 - city and territory in the globalization age
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.4995/isuf2017.2017.6231
Subject(s) - urbanization , technocracy , face (sociological concept) , population , urban planning , environmental planning , delta , economic growth , development economics , business , geography , political science , sociology , economics , civil engineering , engineering , social science , law , aerospace engineering , demography , politics
Delta Cities in developing countries face problems of water risks while also dealing with enormous population growth. Recent urbanisation is increasingly taking place in high risk areas.When looking into these recent urbanisation processes, we can discern two different dynamics, formal and informal ones. They relate in different ways to green, grey and blue infrastructures, and have their own formal and informal institutional drivers.Modern technocratic planning methods do not positively interfere with informal city growth. On the contrary, often water problems are shifted to the lower and informal parts of the city. Inclusive green planning should take into account local urbanisation practice.