Taming the Disorderly City : The Spatial Landscape of Johannesburg after Apartheid /

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In postapartheid Johannesburg, tensions of race and class manifest themselves starkly in struggles over "rights to the city." Real-estate developers and the very poor fight for control of space as the municipal administration steps aside, almost powerless to shape the direction of change....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Martin J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociologie urbaine > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg.
Renovation urbaine > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg.
Stadtplanung
Stadtentwicklung
Urban renewal.
Sociology, Urban.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Geography.
City planning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
City planning > South Africa > Johannesburg.
Urban renewal > South Africa > Johannesburg.
Sociology, Urban > South Africa > Johannesburg.
Johannesburg
South Africa > Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa) > Politics and government.
Johannesburg (South Africa) > Geography.
Johannesburg (South Africa) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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