Książka City Futures Edgar Pieterse

City Futures

Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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Cities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in...

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Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2008
strony
216
EAN
9781842775400
ISBN
1842775405
Enbook ID
05095069
Waga
412
Wymiary
150 x 225 x 20

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Cities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the developing world are home to over 10 million people each and even smaller cities are experiencing unprecedented population surges. The problems surrounding this influx of people - slums, poverty, unemployment and lack of governance - have been well-documented.This book is a powerful indictment of the current consensus on how to deal with these challenges. Pieterse argues that the current 'shelter for all' and 'urban good governance' policies treat only the symptoms, not the causes of the problem. Instead, he claims, there is an urgent need to reinvigorate civil society in these cities, to encourage radical democracy, economic resilience, social resistance and environmental sustainability folded into the everyday concerns of marginalised people. Providing a dynamic picture of a cosmopolitan urban citizenship, this book is an essential guide to one of the new century's greatest challenges.

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