Urban planning in a world of informal politics /

"This book draws from multiple disciplines and uses mixed methods to explore how politicians in developing democracies provide urban land and services to the poor in exchange for political support, how this impacts urban growth, and how urban planners can try to be more effective in this challe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Deuskar, Chandan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
Series:City in the twenty-first century book series.
Subjects:
Since 2001
City planning > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Urbanization > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Patron and client > Developing countries.
City planning > Political aspects > Ghana.
Squatter settlements > Ghana.
Patron and client > Ghana.
Bidonvilles > Ghāna.
Patron et client > Ghāna.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
City planning > Political aspects
Patron and client
Politics and government
Squatter settlements
Urbanization > Political aspects
Ghana > Politics and government > 2001-
Ghāna > Politique et gouvernement > 2001-
Developing countries
Ghana
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The Challenge of Planning the Informal City
  • PART I. GLOBAL PATTERNS
  • PART II. POLITICS AND PLANNING IN URBAN GHANA
  • PART III. POLITICALLY ADAPTIVE PLANNING
  • Conclusion. Recognizing the Play Being Staged.

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