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 |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Claremont, South Africa :
UCT Press
2011
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37937881*spi |
| 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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| Descripción Física: | viii, 296 pag. : il., maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográfias (pag. [251]-290) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9781919895390 |
