Name: City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development
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Author: Edgar Pieterse
ISBN: 9781842775417

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Physical Book

Publisher

Zed Books Ltd

Author

Edgar Pieterse

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

1842775413

ISBN13

9781842775417

Synopsis "City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development"

This book is a powerful indictment of the current consensus on how to cope with the hundreds of "mega-cities" of the developing world. These cities are the future, and the problems surrounding this influx of people--slums, poverty, unemployment and lack of governance--have been well-documented. Pieterse argues that the current "shelter for all" and "urban good governance" policies treat only the symptoms 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 marginalized people.

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