Cities with 'slums' : from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa / / Marie Huchzermeyer.
"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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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 296 p. :; ill., maps. |
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| Summary: | "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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1919895396 9781919895390 9781920541620 (electronic bk.) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Marie Huchzermeyer. |