Cities with 'slums' from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa /

"The UN's Millennium Development Target to improve the lives of 100 million 'slum' dwellers has been inappropriately communicated as a target to free cities of slums. ... [The book] traces the proliferation of this misunderstanding across several African countries, and explains h...

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Egile nagusia: Huchzermeyer, Marie
Erakunde egilea: ebrary, Inc
Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa eBook
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Argitaratua: Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press, c2011.
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Gaia:"The UN's Millennium Development Target to improve the lives of 100 million 'slum' dwellers has been inappropriately communicated as a target to free cities of slums. ... [The book] traces the proliferation of this misunderstanding across several African countries, and explains how current urban policy ... encourages this interpretation. The cases it presents cover a range of conflicts between poor urban residents and the local and national authorities that seek to curtail their 'right to the city'."--Back cover.
Deskribapen fisikoa:viii, 296 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index.