Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea
There is an administrative reluctance to recognise the permanency of urban settlement in Papua New Guinea. This reluctance, evident since the 1960s, has been characteristic of both the colonial and post-colonial administrations. Opposition to some facets of urbanisation continues today, despite grow...
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| description | There is an administrative reluctance to recognise the permanency of urban settlement in Papua New Guinea. This reluctance, evident since the 1960s, has been characteristic of both the colonial and post-colonial administrations. Opposition to some facets of urbanisation continues today, despite growing population and land pressures in most rural areas and real problems of landlessness emerging in particular rural areas. Colonial control of urban populations has been replicated in contemporary times, often in more draconian form. Eviction of urban settlers has been tied to issues of crime and urban respectability, and lingering perceptions that Melanesians should be rural residents. The growth of informal settlements and urbanisation are not seen as issues of urban planning, nor is the context of urban migration linked to socioeconomic inequality, hence other forms of urban policy are largely absent. Strengthening alliances between land-owners and the state (especially police and provincial administrations) have thus emphasised intraurban inequality and hampered national development. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-270642017-09-13T15:30:51Z Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea Koczberski, Gina Curry, George Connell, J. migration - urbanisation - squatter settlements - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands There is an administrative reluctance to recognise the permanency of urban settlement in Papua New Guinea. This reluctance, evident since the 1960s, has been characteristic of both the colonial and post-colonial administrations. Opposition to some facets of urbanisation continues today, despite growing population and land pressures in most rural areas and real problems of landlessness emerging in particular rural areas. Colonial control of urban populations has been replicated in contemporary times, often in more draconian form. Eviction of urban settlers has been tied to issues of crime and urban respectability, and lingering perceptions that Melanesians should be rural residents. The growth of informal settlements and urbanisation are not seen as issues of urban planning, nor is the context of urban migration linked to socioeconomic inequality, hence other forms of urban policy are largely absent. Strengthening alliances between land-owners and the state (especially police and provincial administrations) have thus emphasised intraurban inequality and hampered national development. 2001 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27064 10.1080/00420980120080916 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | migration - urbanisation - squatter settlements - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands Koczberski, Gina Curry, George Connell, J. Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea |
| title | Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | Full Circle or Spiralling Out of Control?: State Violence and the Control of Urbanisation in Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | full circle or spiralling out of control?: state violence and the control of urbanisation in papua new guinea |
| topic | migration - urbanisation - squatter settlements - Papua New Guinea - Pacific Islands |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27064 |