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Autore: |
Myers Garth Andrew
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Titolo: |
African cities [[electronic resource] ] : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina: | 307.76096 |
Soggetto topico: | Cities and towns - Africa |
City and town life - Africa | |
City planning - Africa | |
Urbanization - Africa | |
Soggetto geografico: | Africa Social conditions 1960- |
Africa Geography | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | African cities ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-78032-133-3 |
1-283-07096-0 | |
9786613070968 | |
1-84813-510-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910465070203321 |
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