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Record Nr.

UNINA9910901890303321

Autore

Silver Jonathan (Urban geographer)

Titolo

The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization / / Jonathan Silver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-262-37674-1

0-262-37673-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 pages)

Collana

Infrastructures series

Disciplina

307.76096

Soggetti

Urbanization - Africa - 21st century

Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa

City planning - Africa

Sociology, Urban - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Into the Infra-Future -- 2. Urban Modernity and the African City -- 3. Infrastructural Security to Eco-Segregation -- 4. Between Survival and the Prefigurative -- 5. The Extended Time/Space of Infrastructure -- 6. Promises of Development, Experiences of Displacement -- 7. Infrastructural Catch-Up "Off the Map" -- 8. Digital Disruptions from "Above" and "Below" -- 9. Postcolonial Presents in the Metropole -- 10. Toward a Popular Infrastructure -- References -- Sources -- Index -- Series List.

Sommario/riassunto

"An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"--