City futures : confronting the crisis of urban development / Edgar Pieterse.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Capetown, South Africa : Zed Books ; UCT Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: viii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1842775405
- 9781842775400
- 1919895094
- 9781919895093
- 1842775413
- 9781842775417
- 307.76 22
- HT361 .P54 2008
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 307.76 PIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A378663B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-199) and index.
Introduction : deciphering city futures -- Urbanization trends and implications -- Mainstream agenda I : shelter for all -- Mainstream agenda II : good governance -- Reconceptualising the political in cities -- Informal everyday urbanism -- Counterpoint : alternative urban development -- Making a start towards alternative city futures.
"This book is a powerful indictment of the current consensus on how to cope with the hundreds of "mega-cities" of the developing world. These cities are the future, and the problems surrounding this influx of people--slums, poverty, unemployment and lack of governance--have been well-documented. Pieterse argues that the current "shelter for all" and "urban good governance" policies treat only the symptoms of the problem. Instead, he claims, there is an urgent need to reinvigorate civil society in these cities, to encourage radical democracy, economic resilience, social resistance and environmental sustainability folded into the everyday concerns of marginalized people."--Publisher description.
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