1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910493187103321

Titolo

Scholarly engagement and decolonization : views from South Africa, The Netherlands and the United States / / editors, Maurice Crul [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Sun Media, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-928314-57-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 406 pages)

Disciplina

378.01

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808814103321

Autore

Obeng-Odoom Franklin

Titolo

Reconstructing urban economics : towards a political economy of the built environment / / Obeng-Odoom, Franklin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22218-6

1-78360-661-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

330.91732

Soggetti

Urban economics

Housing & homelessness

Economic geography

Urban & municipal planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Scaffolding the principles and values of reconstruction -- The urban challenge -- The urban economy -- Urban economic growth: globalisation, trade, and convergence -- Informal economies -- Urban poverty; socio-spatial inequality -- Housing -- Homo automobilus -- Sustainable urban development -- Conclusion: towards a political economy of the built environment.

Sommario/riassunto

"Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities and regions in built-environment economics. In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom draws on institutional, Georgist, and Marxist economics to clearly but comprehensively show what the key issues are today in thinking about urban economics. In doing so, he demonstrates the widespread tensions and contradictions in the status quo, demonstrating how to reconstruct urban economics in order to create a more just society and environment."--Back cover.