ISBN:
9781848135109
,
1283070960
,
9781283070966
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 242 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Myers, Garth African cities
DDC:
307.76096
Keywords:
City planning
;
City and town life
;
Sociology, Urban - Africa
;
Urbanization
;
Cities and towns
;
Urbanization Africa
;
Electronic books
;
Sociology, Urban
;
Cities and towns Africa
;
Sociology, Urban Africa
;
Electronic books
;
Afrika
;
Stadt
;
Africa Geography
;
Africa Social conditions 1960-
;
Afrika
;
Afrika
;
Großstadt
;
Stadt
;
Afrika
;
Stadt
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Mapping and picturing African cities from AmericaConclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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