Cities, capital and development : African cities in the world economy

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Cities, capital and development : African cities in the world economy

David Simon

Belhaven Press , Halstead Press, 1992

  • : uk
  • : us

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Bibliography: p. [191]-216

Includes index

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: us ISBN 9780470219355

内容説明

Sheds new light on the social, cutural and politico-economic processes underlying the development of major African cities. Combines Africa's colonial legacy, the contrasts between poverty and wealth plus external influences of the global economy with a systematic assessment of national and urban means of production, access to and control over land and shelter along with formal and popular planning activities. Numerous examples and detailed case studies integrate various scales from global to intra-urban, placing them in an analytical framework that will be directly relevant to other Third World regions.
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: uk ISBN 9781852932749

内容説明

This study attempts to throw new light on the politico-economic, social and cultural processes which underpin the development of major African cities and shapes their role within the world economy. The distinctive features of "the African condition", with its colonial legacy, stark contrasts between wealth and poverty and the external influences of the world economy, are blended with systematic analysis of national and urban modes of production, access to and control over land and shelter, and the nature of formal and popular planning activities. The production and reproduction of cities are shown to be quintessentially social processes. The author draws on examples from across Africa and detailed case studies of Nairobi - the city with arguably the greatest international role at present - and integrates various scales from global to intra-urban, placing them in an analytical framework that will be of direct relevance to other Third World regions. It should be of interest to researchers and planners concerned with overall issues of global urbanization and developing economies throughout the world.

目次

  • Introduction and conceptual overview
  • frameworks of analysis - colonialism, postcolonial urban development and the world economy
  • national modes of production - the wider context
  • modes of production in African cities - the materialist base
  • a roof over one's head - access to the means of social reproduction
  • the social production of urban form - town planning as an instrument of continuity
  • the social production of urban form and fabric - postcolonial cities re-examined.

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