Cities with 'slums' : from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa /

"The UN's Millennium Development Target to improve the lives of 100 million 'slum' dwellers has been inappropriately communicated as a target to free cities of slums. ... [The book] traces the proliferation of this misunderstanding across several African countries, and explains h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huchzermeyer, Marie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Squatter settlements > Africa.
Slums > Government policy > Africa.
Housing policy > South Africa.
Urban poor > Housing > Africa.
Bidonvilles > Afrique.
Logement > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique du Sud.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Logement > Afrique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Housing policy
Slums > Government policy
Squatter settlements
Urban poor > Housing
Africa
South Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The UN's Millennium Development Target to improve the lives of 100 million 'slum' dwellers has been inappropriately communicated as a target to free cities of slums. ... [The book] traces the proliferation of this misunderstanding across several African countries, and explains how current urban policy ... encourages this interpretation. The cases it presents cover a range of conflicts between poor urban residents and the local and national authorities that seek to curtail their 'right to the city'."--Back cover
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-290) and index.
ISBN:9781920541620
1920541624
9781605424569
1605424560
9781920541248
1920541241
Acceso:Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff.

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