The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization / / Jonathan Silver
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2023 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (291 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 307.76096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Urbanization - Africa - 21st century |
| Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa | |
| City planning - Africa | |
| Sociology, Urban - Africa | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development |
| HISTORY / Africa / South / General | |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies | |
| 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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The infrastructural South |
| ISBN: | 0-262-37674-1 |
| 0-262-37673-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910901890303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Infrastructures Series