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UNINA9910901890303321 |
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Autore |
Silver Jonathan (Urban geographer) |
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Titolo |
The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization / / Jonathan Silver |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2023 |
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0-262-37674-1 |
0-262-37673-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (291 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Urbanization - Africa - 21st century |
Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa |
City planning - Africa |
Sociology, Urban - Africa |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"-- |
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