CITY WIDE UPGRADING STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMATION IN A TIME OF TRANSITION IN CAMBODIA

CITY WIDE SLUM UPGRADING STRATEGY FOR TRANSFORMATION IN A TIME OF TRANSITION PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA 2015

by Building and Urban Design in Development Development Planning Unit University College of London

“You don’t walk into the community, let the community walk into you” - Chawanad Luansang, May 2015, Phnom Penh

research collaborative people-centered partnerships for slumupgrading in Cambodia

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RESEARCH LONDON BASED

FIELDTRIP CAMBODIA BASED

REPORT POST FIELDTRIP

to understand the constant and rapid evolution of the Cambodian STEP 1 _ Research contested urban and social condition in order to identify specif research questions RESEARCH and goals to carry out during the field work.

L O N D O Nstakeholders: . budd students BASED CONTEXT understanding of the country, the current and the future vision

STRATEGIC FIELD RESEARCH GOALS establishment of principles of intervention and analysis to unfold the real dynamics on the field ground.

field work where to research and design innovative and critical strategies STEP 2 _ Local that could contribute to the work of the local stakeholders and people involved FIELDTRIP on the field. sites of investigation are related to the communities that have entered a CAMBODIA The process of regularising their tenure, upgrading their housing and infrastructure, BASED widening the spectrum of on-site economic activities.

OBSERVATION urban and social exploration through: . photographic report . interviews . maps

UNDERSTANDING informal participatory design workshops

STEP 2 _ stakeholders: . budd students FIELDTRIP . local community students CAMBODIA .. local local architects (Asian Cohalition Housing Rights) BASED . local authorities INSIGHTS envisoning together the future through . prototypes . creative informal methods

LOCAL TOOLKIT: STRATEGIES FORMULATION AND PROPOSAL public presentation to the local community and the public authority

STEP 3 _ REPORT POST FIELDTRIP STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT formulating methodologies and planned strategies of intervention at city scale and country size

Report of the -tangible and intangible- spaces of opportunities and potential strategies toward a socially and nclusive socio-spatial transformation involving the various national and international stakeholders. stakeholders: . budd students . cambodian government Evolution of the strategy and areas of interventions

Eviction causes dispersal of community

Flooding due to land fill

New National Highway construction by government

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National election adopts unfavorable policy

Possible externalities effecting the upgrading strategy

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Start building social cohesion

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Establishing or restructuring savings groups

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Social cohesion Saving groups scheme Collective spaces & Infrastructure

Decision-making processes

Possible ruptures in the strategy due to externalities and challenges

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Community action to improve collective spaces Forming networks for upgradation Understanding of capacities by co-production of knowledge

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

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Community gets involved in municipal infrastructure planning

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People-driven transformation shaping the city

CAMBODODIA IN A STATE OF TRANSITION

CAMBODIA

Community-initiated media platforms start influencing discourse on city development