Descriptionplease note the following guidelines:depth of analysis and deployment of critical thinking (try to move beyond just describing social/cultural phenomena and begin to think conceptually/theoretically);relevance and breadth of sources, demonstrating independent reading outside the given reading lists;quality of the evaluation and synthesis of literature; presentation of a coherent and sustained argument;the essay should primarily draw on academic literature (e.g. books, book chapters, journal articles).you can also use relevant publicly available reports and websites (e.g. from central government, local government, etc.) but you should do so carefully and sparsely.the assignments will include references to academic journal articles in addition to books and book chapters.the essay will use the Harvard system of referencing and NOT use footnotes.if the essay includes tables, figure or maps (to present data in support of your arguments), the sources of this data are acknowledged and appropriated labelled.if website material is used, this must be properly referenced – include the author, year, title and weblink.FORMATTING GUIDELINES:all tables/figures/maps are numbered sequentially.the assignments should include a total word count excluding the bibliography.you are allowed to go approximately 10% either side of the recommended word count, but no more. the essay must be typed using a clear font such as Times New Roman, Calibri or Verdana and 12pt font. you may use the first person (I or we) in your writing, but do so sparinglyyou do not need to include sub-headings.Some of the readings:Ramalho, J. “Empowerment in the era of resilience-building: gendered participation in community-based (disaster) risk management in the Philippines.” International Development Planning Review 41.2 (2019): 129-149.Schofield, D. and Gubbels, F., 2019. Informing notions of climate change adaptation: a case study of everyday gendered realities of climate change adaptation in an informal settlement in Dar es Salaam. Environment and Urbanization, 31(1), pp.93-114.Smith, N., 2006. Theres no such thing as a natural disaster. Understanding Katrina from the social sciences. http://understandingkatrina.ssrc.org/Smith/Angelo, H., 2019. Added value? Denaturalizing the good of urban greening. Geography Compass, 13(8), p.e12459.Aylett, A., 2010. Conflict, collaboration and climate change: participatory democracy and urban environmental struggles in Durban, South Africa. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 34(3), pp.478-495.Aylett, A., 2013. Networked urban climate governance: neighborhood-scale residential solar energy systems and the example of Solarize Portland. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 31(5), pp.858-875.Alkon, A.H. and Cadji, J., 2020. Sowing seeds of displacement: Gentrification and food justice in Oakland, CA. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 44(1), pp.108-123.Anand, N. (2011). Pressure: The Politechnics of Water Supply in Mumbai. Cultural Anthropology 26(4): 54264.Ballard, R. and Jones, G.A., 2011. Natural neighbors: Indigenous landscapes and eco-estates in Durban, South Africa. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 101(1), pp.131-148.Birkinshaw, M. (2018). Water mafia politics and unruly informality in Delhis unauthorised colonies. London: Routledge.Bjrkman, Lisa. (2015). Pipe Politics, Contested Waters: Embedded Infrastructures of Millennial Mumbai. Durham: Duke University Press.Corwin, Julia. (2018). Nothing Is Useless in Nature: Delhis Repair Economies and Value-Creation in an Electronics Waste Sector. Environment and Planning A 50(1): 1430. DOI: 10.1177/0308518X17739006Cutter, S.L., 1995. Race, class and environmental justice. Progress in human geography, 19(1), pp.111-122.
