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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149174203321

Titolo

Mega-urbanization in the global South : fast cities and new urban utopias of the postcolonial state / / edited by Ayona Datta and Abdul Shaban

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-79783-6

1-317-75473-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City

Altri autori (Persone)

DattaAyona

ShabanAbdul

Disciplina

307.1/216091724

307.76091724

Soggetti

Urbanization - Developing countries

City planning - Developing countries

Urban policy - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Fast cities and 'new' urban utopias -- pt. II. Entrepreneurial states -- pt. III. Mega-urbanization and masterplanning.

Sommario/riassunto

With contributions from an international range of established and emerging scholars drawing upon real world examples, this title is the first to use the lens of speed to examine the postcolonial 'urban revolution'. It explores the contradictions between intended and unintended outcomes of fast cities and points to their fault lines between state sovereignty, capital accumulation and citizenship. It presents urban scholars with the theoretical, empirical and methodological challenges of mega-urbanization in the global south, as well as highlighting new theoretical agendas and empirical analyses that these new forms of city-making bring to the fore.