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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Claremont, South Africa :
UCT Press
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799927706719 |
| 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. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781920541620 |
