Cities in contemporary Africa / edited by Martin J. Murray and Garth A. Myers.
"This book offers a broad range of scholarly interpretations of the evolving forms, the changing dynamics, and the unexpected surprises that characterize contemporary African cities. It wrestles with important questions concerning how large numbers of people without regular work nevertheless fi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillian,
2006.
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| Summary: | "This book offers a broad range of scholarly interpretations of the evolving forms, the changing dynamics, and the unexpected surprises that characterize contemporary African cities. It wrestles with important questions concerning how large numbers of people without regular work nevertheless find ways to survive and even prosper. It balances investigations of particular cities in sub-Saharan Africa with considerations of a diversity of topics, themes, and multi-city comparisons, including themes in: culture, imagination, place, and space; political economy and work livelihoods; and urban planning and governance. The collection is both theoretically informed and empirically grounded. Aimed at mid-level undergraduate students, these essays, taken as a whole, provide an understanding of what is happening in African cities today, and why."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 318 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1403970351 (alk. paper) |