ENTRE O TRANSITÓRIO E O PERMANENTE:

O CAMPO DE REFUGIADOS DE DADAAB E A FAVELA DE KIBERA, QUÊNIA

Abstract

This article discusses the transient and the permanent as attributes that allow us to differentiate or approximate refugee camps and informal urban areas. It takes as a case study the Dadaab refugee camp and the informal area of ​​Kibera, both in Kenya and with unique demographic volumes in the global scenario. The analysis starts with a description of the two compartments and goes on to compare their urban structures and relations with the surroundings. The results indicate that the formality of the refugee camps is organized on an urban structure that is as permanent as the informality of the slums, but with a significantly more qualified permanence. These facts point to the need for a new urbanism, urban management and emergency actions that assimilate in their practices the pragmatism of taking the transient for permanent.