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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on the author's research experiences in northern Mozambique in order explore the multiplicity of gatekeeper relations that arose while seeking to arrange access to both "the field" and respondents, as well as the impacts that these relationships had on the research process. Although this dynamic has been thoroughly described within methodological literature, there exists a tendency to presume research–gatekeeper relations as static; once established, there is little discussion on how the relationships develop or can be managed, once access has (or has not) been achieved.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws upon qualitative fieldwork conducted predominantly in rural communities in northern Mozambique. The study analysed the development of the Nacala Development Corridor programme and the N13 Highway Rehabilitation Project in northern Mozambique in order to examine the impacts of the development on local citizens and examine the relationship between citizen and state within development processes. Fieldwork consisted of three different phases of semi-structured and open-ended interviews with key stakeholders and affected persons, spanning five different interview schedules, and a total of 77 individual interviews and 27 community focus groups conducted along the N13.FindingsThe study found that duality of Mozambican governance which includes both local officials and traditional leadership contributed to a multiplicity of local gatekeepers which impacted the research process in a multitude of ways. As a result, researcher–gatekeeper relations were not static, but had to be managed throughout the duration of the study.Originality/valueThis discussion provides a more dynamic representation of the challenges involved with establishing and managing gatekeeper relations in rural, developing, and in particular, southern African, contexts, while offering cautious practical advice to researchers working within rural or southern African contexts.

Front cover -- Title page -- Imprint -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of acronyms -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Introduction: co-producing knowledge on climate change and urban development -- The structure of the book -- References -- Chapter 2: Climate change challenges in African cities: four perspectives on progress and opportunities -- Responding to climate change at city and national scales -- Responding to climate change at the local level -- The challenges of integrating physical climate information into city‑level decision‑making -- Understanding governance of urban climate adaptation -- The importance of linking the climate change and development agendas in urban Africa -- References -- Chapter 3: An overview of climate change and urban development in Cape Town -- The development context of Cape Town -- The climate context of Cape Town -- Intersections between Cape Town's climate and development -- Governing climate and development in Cape Town -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Responding to climate change and urban development through the co‑production of knowledge -- The concepts of co‑production and third space -- The history of co‑production -- Evaluating the third space -- Bringing values to the surface through co‑writing -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Building energy efficiency in City of Cape Town operations: the role of the energy intermediary -- Understanding energy use and governance in CCT operations -- Innovation in bureaucratised institutions: the role of an intermediary -- An overview of energy efficiency initiatives and their results to date -- The role of the ERMD as energy intermediary -- Challenges and issues going forward -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Water demand management in Cape Town: managing water security in a changing climate.

This paper presents the analytical framework developed iteratively by the research team of the Chance2Sustain (C2S) research project between 2010 and July 2014, in order to answer the main research question which was posed at the outset of the research, namely : how can spatial knowledge management (SKM) and participatory governance contribute to sustainable urban development ? To answer this question, the C2S project was designed to undertake comparative empirical research in 10 cities in four fast-growing countries of the South to understand the role of SKM and participatory processes in facing the challenges in a number of strategic domains of urban development ; those of economic growth, social inequality and vulnerability, and environmental governance. In each city, there were researchers from both the North and South working together in the five domains of economic growth through megaprojects ; social mobilisation and social exclusion in sub-standard settlements ; environmental governance with the focus on water-related issues ; spatial knowledge management; and fiscal decentralisation and participatory city budgeting.

This paper presents the analytical framework developed iteratively by the research team of the Chance2Sustain (C2S) research project between 2010 and July 2014, in order to answer the main research question which was posed at the outset of the research, namely : how can spatial knowledge management (SKM) and participatory governance contribute to sustainable urban development ? To answer this question, the C2S project was designed to undertake comparative empirical research in 10 cities in four fast-growing countries of the South to understand the role of SKM and participatory processes in facing the challenges in a number of strategic domains of urban development ; those of economic growth, social inequality and vulnerability, and environmental governance. In each city, there were researchers from both the North and South working together in the five domains of economic growth through megaprojects ; social mobilisation and social exclusion in sub-standard settlements ; environmental governance with the focus on water-related issues ; spatial knowledge management; and fiscal decentralisation and participatory city budgeting.