This book offers the first full-length comparative analysis of urban development trajectories in Eastern Africa and the political dynamics that underpin them. It offers a multi-scalar, historically-grounded, and interdisciplinary analysis of the urban transformations unfolding in the world's most dynamic crucible of urban change.
This book offers the first full-length comparative analysis of urban development trajectories in Eastern Africa and the political dynamics that underpin them. It offers a multi-scalar, historically-grounded, and interdisciplinary analysis of the urban transformations unfolding in the world's most dynamic crucible of urban change.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tom Goodfellow is a Professor of Urban Studies and International Development at the University of Sheffield. His research focuses on the comparative political economy of urban development and change in Africa, particularly the politics of urban land and transportation, conflicts around infrastructure and housing, migration, and urban institutional change. His current and recent research has involved collaborations with a range of institutional partners including Addis Ababa University, Hawassa University, Makerere University, and Wits University. He is co-author of Cities and Development (Routledge 2016), sits on the Board of African Affairs, and is Treasurer of the IJURR Foundation.
Inhaltsangabe
* Part I. Urban Tectonics * 1: East Africa and the politics of late urbanization * 2: Transformation and divergence: Explaining contemporary urban development trajectories * Part II. Urban Foundations * 3: The making of urban territory * 4: The making of urban economies * Part III. Urban Currents * 5: New urban visions and the infrastructure boom * 6: Urban propertyscapes * 7: Working the city: Vendors, 'untouchables', and street fugitives * 8: The politics of noise and silence: Negotiation, mobilization, refusal * Part IV. Conclusions * 9: Politics and the urban frontier
* Part I. Urban Tectonics * 1: East Africa and the politics of late urbanization * 2: Transformation and divergence: Explaining contemporary urban development trajectories * Part II. Urban Foundations * 3: The making of urban territory * 4: The making of urban economies * Part III. Urban Currents * 5: New urban visions and the infrastructure boom * 6: Urban propertyscapes * 7: Working the city: Vendors, 'untouchables', and street fugitives * 8: The politics of noise and silence: Negotiation, mobilization, refusal * Part IV. Conclusions * 9: Politics and the urban frontier
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