DIY Urbanism in Africa - Politics and Practice

Across Africa, protracted economic crises and enduring class stratification have impacted a majority of the continent''s city-dwellers, meaning that urban residents are forced to draw on their own resources and skills, often adopting experimental approaches to sustaining access to services and livelihoods.This ''do-it-yourself'' urbanism has generally been appraised through a developmental lens, in which case studies are understood in isolation. In this book, a comparative and cross-regional approach seeks to analyze this phenomenon across the continent, and to gain an understanding of the dynamics of DIY urbanism in a range of cities where urban residents experience economic distress and marginalization.Does DIY urbanism present a form of resistance, or merely an acquiescence, to the inequalities that make it necessary? And what prospect is there for a radical politics to come out of this grassroots organization, to make cities work better for their poorest, and most marginalised, residents?>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Marr, Stephen Mususa Marr, Patience Mususa
• Con la collaborazione di: Stephen Marr (Editore), Patience Mususa (Editore)
• Editore: Zed Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781786999016
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-901-6
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 238 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Africa Now
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; Small businesses & self-employed, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Africa, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, urban economics, Small businesses and self-employment, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Regional / urban economics