Uncertainty and urban life
Zeiderman, A.
, Kaker, S. A., Silver, J. D. & Wood, A.
(2015).
Uncertainty and urban life.
Public Culture,
27(2), 281-304.
https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-2841868
, Kaker, S. A., Silver, J. D. & Wood, A.
(2015).
Uncertainty and urban life.
Public Culture,
27(2), 281-304.
https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-2841868
This essay examines the influence of uncertainty on how contemporary cities are planned, built, governed, and inhabited. This influence is demonstrated through the analysis of various domains of urban planning and governance (disaster, security, energy, and transportation) across four cities of the global South (Bogotá, Karachi, Accra, and Johannesburg). In each city, uncertainty is produced by historical conditions and productive of future possibilities.