Mega-Urbanization in the Global South
Fast cities and new urban utopias of the postcolonial state
The global south is entering an 'Urban Age' where, for the first time in history, more people will be living in cities than in the countryside. The logics of this prediction have a dominant framing - rapid urbanization, uncontrolled migration, resource depletion, severe fuel shortages and the breakdown of law and order. We are told that we must be prepared. The solution is simple, they say. Mega-urbanization is an opportunity for economic growth and prosperity. Therefore we must build big, build new and build fast. With contributions from an international range of established and emerging scholars drawing upon real-world examples, Mega-Urbani…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Shaban, Abdul (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-75473-2
- EAN: 9781317754732
- Produktnummer: 25433505
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 236 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'650 KB
- Abbildungen: 11 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 11 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 4 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Ayona Datta is Reader in Human Geography at Kings College London, UK. Abdul Shaban is Professor at the School of Development Studies and Deputy Director (Tuljapur campus), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
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