02464nam 2200625 450 991078851690332120230721050242.00-8156-5097-3(CKB)3240000000068590(MH)011911096-2(SSID)ssj0000607216(PQKBManifestationID)11384861(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607216(PQKBWorkID)10598562(PQKB)11489043(MiAaPQ)EBC4649080(OCoLC)437416946(MdBmJHUP)muse3573(Au-PeEL)EBL4649080(CaPaEBR)ebr11249964(CaONFJC)MIL946767(OCoLC)957436635(EXLCZ)99324000000006859020160905h20092009 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrGlobalizing city the urban and economic transformation of Accra, Ghana /Richard GrantFirst edition.Syracuse, New York :Syracuse University Press,2009.©20091 online resource (xviii, 187 p. )ill., maps ;Space, Place and SocietyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8156-3172-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : globalizing city -- Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces -- Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities -- Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom -- In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces -- Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city -- Conclusions.Space, place, and society.UrbanizationGhanaAccraGlobalizationGhanaAccraAccra (Ghana)Economic conditionsUrbanizationGlobalization307.7609667Grant Richard1570936MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788516903321Globalizing city3844921UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress