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Trading Places is about urban land markets in African cities. It explores how local practice, land governance and markets interact to shape the ways that people at society's margins access land to build their livelihoods. The authors argue that the problem is not with markets per se, but in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Napier, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cape Town : African Minds for Urban LandMark, 2013.
Subjects:
Urban policy > Africa.
Cities and towns > Africa > Growth.
Urban poor > Africa.
Urbanization > Africa.
Politique urbaine > Afrique.
Villes > Afrique > Croissance.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Afrique.
Urbanisation > Afrique.
"Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides."
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Cities and towns > Growth
Urban policy
Urban poor
Urbanization
Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Trading Places is about urban land markets in African cities. It explores how local practice, land governance and markets interact to shape the ways that people at society's margins access land to build their livelihoods. The authors argue that the problem is not with markets per se, but in the unequal ways in which market access is structured. They make the case for more equal access to urban land markets, not only for ethical reasons, but because it makes economic sense for growing cities and towns. If we are to have any chance of understanding and intervening in predominantly poor and very.
Physical Description:1 online resource (146 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781920677312
1920677313

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