African cities [[electronic resource] ] : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers |
Autore | Myers Garth Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78032-133-3
1-283-07096-0 9786613070968 1-84813-510-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465070203321 |
Myers Garth Andrew | ||
New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African cities : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers |
Autore | Myers Garth Andrew |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
1-350-21812-X
1-78032-133-3 1-283-07096-0 9786613070968 1-84813-510-6 |
Classificazione |
MS 1840
RS 10627 C912.81 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the author; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction; 1 What if the postmetropolis is Lusaka?; 2 Postcolonial cities; 3 (I)n(f)ormal cities; 4 Governing Africa's cities; 5 Wounded city; 6 Cosmopolitan cities; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816013303321 |
Myers Garth Andrew | ||
New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aid : understanding international development cooperation / John Degnbol-Martinussen and Poul Engberg-Pedersen ; translated by Marie Bille |
Autore | Degnbol-Martinussen, John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Zed Books Ltd, ©2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 350 p. : fig., tab. ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 338.91 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Engberg-Pedersen, Poul |
Soggetto non controllato |
Assistenza economica
Economia - Sviluppo |
ISBN | 87-7907-159-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990004006970403321 |
Degnbol-Martinussen, John | ||
London : Zed Books Ltd, ©2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Postcolonial economies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jane Pollard, Cheryl McEwan and Alex Hughes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PollardJane
McEwanCheryl HughesAlex |
Soggetto topico |
Economic geography
Postcolonialism - Economic aspects Globalization - Economic aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78032-134-1
1-283-12917-5 9786613129178 1-84813-406-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | section 1. Theorising the economic -- section 2. Postcolonial understandings of the economic -- section 3. Postcolonial economies : policy and practice. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461341303321 |
London ; ; New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The internationalization of capital : the prospects for the Third World / Henrik Secher Marcussen and Jens Erik Torp |
Autore | MARCUSSEN, Henrik Secher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Zed Books Ltd, 1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 181 p. ; 22 cm. |
Disciplina | 337.09172 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TORP, Jens Erik |
Soggetto topico | Relazioni economiche internazionali |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990005474510203316 |
MARCUSSEN, Henrik Secher | ||
London : Zed Books Ltd, 1985 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The real world of NGOs : discourses, diversity and development / Dorothea Hilhorst |
Autore | Hilhorst, Dorothea |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Zed Books Ltd, ©2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 257 p. : fig., tab. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 361.763 095 99 |
Soggetto non controllato |
Organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro - Filippine
Enti senza scopo di lucro - Filippine Donne - Filippine - Condizione sociale |
ISBN | 1-84277-165-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990004006800403321 |
Hilhorst, Dorothea | ||
London : Zed Books Ltd, ©2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The third world and the Soviet Union / edited by Zaki Laïdi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New Jer sey, : Zed Books Ltd, 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | XIII, 121 p. ; 21 cm. |
Disciplina | 327.47(Relazioni internazionali. Unione Sovietica) |
Soggetto topico | UNIONE SOVIETICA - Politica estera - Terzo Mondo |
ISBN | 08-623-2731-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNIOR-UON00182379 |
London ; New Jer sey, : Zed Books Ltd, 1988 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. L'Orientale | ||
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