Cities in contemporary Africa

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Cities in contemporary Africa

edited by Martin J. Murray and Garth A. Myers

Palgrave Macmillian, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This book explains how and why cities on the African continent have grown at such a rapid pace, how municipal authorities have tried to cope with this massive influx of people, and how long-time urban residents and newcomers interact, negotiate, and struggle over access to limited resources.

目次

  • Introduction: Situating Contemporary Cities in Africa
  • G.Myers & M.Murray PART I:Culture, Imagination, Place, and Space Douala/Johannesburg/New York: Cityscapes Imagined
  • D.Malaquais Internal Migration and the Escalation of Ethnic and Religious Violence in Urban Nigeria
  • D.J.Smith Re(figuring) the City: The Mapping of Places and People in Contemporary Kenyan Popular Song Texts
  • J.Nyairo Photographic Essay: Johannesburg Fortified
  • M.J.Murray & J.Malan (photography) Douala: Inventing Life in an African Necropolis
  • B.Ndjio PART II: Political Economy, Work, and Livelihoods Economic Globalization from Below: Transnational Refugee Trade Networks in Nairobi
  • E.Campbell Changing African Cityscapes: Regional Claims of African Labor at South African-owned Shopping Malls
  • D.Miller Cars Are Killing Luanda: Cronyism, Consumerism, and Other Assaults on Angola's Post-War Captial City. M.A.Pitcher (with A.Graham) Photographic Essay II:Luanda, Angola
  • A.Graham Human Capital, Embedded Resources and Employment for Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • M.Grant Gender Relations, Bread Winning and Family Life in Kinshasa
  • G.Iyenda & D.Simon PART III: Urban Planning, Administration and Governance South African Urbanism: Between the Modern and the Refugee Camp
  • A.Simone Planning, Anti-Planning and the Infrastructure Crisis Facing Metropolitan Lagos
  • M.Gandy City Life in Zimbabwe at a Time of Fear and Loathing: Urban Planning, Urban Poverty, and Operation Murambatsvina
  • D.Potts Social Control and Social Welfare under Neoliberalism in South African Cities: Contradictions in Free Basic Water Services
  • G.Ruiters

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