Record Nr.

UNINA9910465070203321

Autore

Myers Garth Andrew

Titolo

African cities [[electronic resource] ] : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011

ISBN

1-78032-133-3

1-283-07096-0

9786613070968

1-84813-510-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

307.76096

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Africa

City and town life - Africa

City planning - Africa

Urbanization - Africa

Electronic books.

Africa Social conditions 1960-

Africa Geography

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the author; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction; African cities, African studies, and urban studies; Alternative visions of theory and practice; Table 0.1 Population estimates for selected cities; table 0.1 Population estimates for selected cities; The plan of the book; 1 What if the postmetropolis is Lusaka?; Introduction; Figure 1.1 The pirates of Ng'ombe; figure 1.1 The pirates of Ng'ombe; The postmetropolis according to Soja; Postcolonial city; (I)n(f)ormal city; City governance; Wounded city; Cosmopolitan city; Conclusion; 2 Postcolonial cities

IntroductionFigure 2.1 Nyerere Square, Dodoma, Tanzania; figure 2.1 Nyerere Square, Dodoma, Tanzania; Colonialism and African cities; Table 2.1 Africa's largest cities; table 2.1 Africa's largest cities; Postcolonialism and African cities; Conclusion; 3 (I)n(f)ormal cities; Introduction; Defining (i)n(f)ormal settlements; Table 3.1 Percentage of

male city residents employed in informal sectorby shelter deprivation status; table 3.1 Percentage of male city residents employed in informal sector by shelter deprivation status; Table 3.2 'Slum components' for selected cities

Table 3.3 Percentage of the urban population in those cities' countrieslisted as being slum households in slum areastable 3.2 'Slum components' for selected cities; table 3.3 In the countries of the cities shown in Table 3.2, percentage of theurban population listed as being slum households in slum areas; Theorizing and planning for (i)n(f)ormality; Table 3.4 Changes over time in deprivation status for households inCape Town, Accra, and Dar es Salaam; Informal settlements in Cape Town, Accra, and Dar es Salaam

table 3.4 Changes over time in deprivation status for households in Cape Town, Accra, and Dar es SalaamConclusion: toward hybrid governance in a relational city?; 4 Governing Africa's cities; Introduction; Urban governance; Governance outcomes; Justice; Zanzibar; Considering the Zanzibar case more broadly; Conclusion; 5 Wounded city; Introduction; Wounded cities; On Mogadishu; Black Hawk Down; Nuruddin Farah's representational space; Conclusion; 6 Cosmopolitan cities; Introduction; Globalization and cosmopolitanism; Zanzibar's diasporas; The festivalization of African cities

Mapping and picturing African cities from AmericaConclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers argues for a re-visioning of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about. Touching on a diverse range of examples, from Zanzibar to Nairobi, Cape Town to Mogadishu, Kinshasa to Dakar, Myers uses original research and a close reading of works by other scholars, writers, and artists to encourage us to engage with the vibrancy and complexity of African cities.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384500603316

Autore

Blochwitz Martin

Titolo

Anatomia sambuci, or, The anatomy of the elder [[electronic resource] ] : cutting out of it plain, approved, and specific remedies for most and chiefest maladies : confirmed and cleared by reason, experience, and history / / collected in Latine by Dr. Martin Blochwich .

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London, : Printed for H. Brome ... and Tho. Sawbridge ..., 1677

Descrizione fisica

[19], 230 p

Soggetti

Medicine

Botany, Medical