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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366613403321

Autore

Bolay Jean-Claude

Titolo

Urban Planning Against Poverty [[electronic resource] ] : How to Think and Do Better Cities in the Global South / / by Jean-Claude Bolay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-28419-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 214 p. 97 illus., 90 illus. in color.)

Collana

Future City, , 1876-0899 ; ; 14

Disciplina

710

Soggetti

Regional planning

Urban planning

Sociology, Urban

Applied sociology

Sustainable development

City planning

Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

Urban Studies/Sociology

Social/Human Development Studies

Sustainable Development

Urbanism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Urban facts -- Chapter 3. Global Sustainability: How to Rethink Urban Planning -- Chapter 4. Convoluted urban planning -- Chapter 5. An intermediate city in Brazil: Between inequalities and growth -- Chapter 6. Urban dynamics and regional development in Argentina -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, allows us to



understand concretely which and how these deficiencies are translated in an African urban context. In contrast, the case of Nueve de Julio, intermediate city of 50.000 dwellers in the pampa Argentina, addresses the new forms of spatial fragmentation and social exclusion linked with agro export and crisis of the international markets. Case studies are also included for cities in Asia and Latin America. Differences and similarities between cases allow us to foresee alternative models of urban planning better adapted to tackle poverty and find efficient ways for more inclusive cities in developing and emerging countries, interacting several dimensions linked with high rates of urbanization: territorial fragmentation; environmental contamination; social disparities and exclusion, informal economy and habitat, urban governance and democracy.