LEADER 03397nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910819063103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781350219199 (e-book) 010 $a9781842775400 (hbk.) 010 $a9781842775417 (pbk.) 010 $a1-350-21919-3 010 $a1-281-96456-5 010 $a9786611964566 010 $a1-84813-354-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350219199 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579592 035 $a(EBL)380896 035 $a(OCoLC)476210690 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122618 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11143261 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122618 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10124234 035 $a(PQKB)11404779 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380896 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380896 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10264168 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196456 035 $a(OCoLC)437241616 035 $a(OCoLC)560608016 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350219199 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579592 100 $a20080226d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|nnn||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCity futures $econfronting the crisis of urban development /$fEdgar Pieterse 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cZed Books ;$aCapetown, South Africa $cUCT Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 206 p.) $cill 300 $aFirst published in southern Africa by UCT Press, 2008. 311 1 $a1-84277-541-3 311 1 $a1-84277-540-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-199) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : deciphering city futures -- Urbanization trends and implications -- Mainstream agenda I : shelter for all -- Mainstream agenda II : good governance -- Reconceptualising the political in cities -- Informal everyday urbanism -- Counterpoint : alternative urban development -- Making a start towards alternative city futures. 330 0 $aCities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the developing world are home to over 10 million people each and even smaller cities are experiencing unprecedented population surges. The problems surrounding this influx of people - slums, poverty, unemployment and lack of governance - have been well-documented. This book is a powerful indictment of the current consensus on how to deal with these challenges. Pieterse argues that the current 'shelter for all' and 'urban good governance' policies treat only the symptoms, not the causes of the problem. Instead, he claims, there is an urgent need to reinvigorate civil society in these cities, to encourage radical democracy, economic resilience, social resistance and environmental sustainability folded into the everyday concerns of marginalised people. Providing a dynamic picture of a cosmopolitan urban citizenship, this book is an essential guide to one of the new century's greatest challenges. 606 $aUrbanization 606 $aCities and towns$xGrowth 615 0$aUrbanization. 615 0$aCities and towns$xGrowth. 676 $a307.76 700 $aPieterse$b E. A$g(Edgar A.)$0305962 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819063103321 996 $aCity futures$93940799 997 $aUNINA