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Online-Ressource
ISBN:
1417522380
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9781849773652
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1849773653
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1853839213
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9781853839214
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Content:
For many Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion social fracture environmental degradation escalating crime and violence and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty are projected onto this city as a microcosm of things to come. Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political economic and social justice. This book investigates pragmatic approaches to urban economic development service delivery spatial restructuring environ
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-229) and index
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Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part 1: Ways of Understanding Divided Cities; Chapter 1: Introduction to a Divided City; Chapter 2: Reverberations from a Divided City; Part 2: The Changing Spatial Structure of the City; Chapter 3: Beyond Racial Fordism: Changing Patterns of Social Inequality; Chapter 4: Post-Fordist Polarization: The Changing Spatial Order of the City; Part 3: Institutional Responses to Urban Change; Chapter 5: Decentralization by Stealth: Democratization or Disempowerment through Developmental Local Government?
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Chapter 6: The Politics of Fiscal Austerity in Creating Equitable City GovernmentPart 4: Living in a Divided City; Chapter 7: The Inner-city Challenge: Locating Partners for Urban Regeneration; Chapter 8: Participatory Planning and Informal Settlement Upgrading in Diepsloot; Chapter 9: Housing and Service Consumption in Soweto; Chapter 10: The People Behind the Walls: Insecurity, Identity and Gated Communities; Chapter 11: Conclusion: Lessons from a Uniting City; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; References
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1853839213
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1853839167
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781853839214
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781853839160
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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Geography
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Sociology
Keywords:
Johannesburg
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Stadtentwicklung
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Sozialer Wandel
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Stadtverwaltung
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