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 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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: | 1920541624 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Marie Huchzermeyer. |