1 20 2 https://crevilles.org/files/original/39929e46f63cbf06733d485c7767c711.jpg 4602d38aa0a2c6b8a8a5b8f4b222e6d3 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 254 Width 160 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Textes Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Crévilles Livre Type de contenu : livres Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource African cities : Alternative visions of urban theory and practice Subject The topic of the resource Africa, Afrique, ville postcoloniale, post-colonial city, ville informelle, informal city, cosmopolitisme, Myers Garth Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Garth Myers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 2011 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Zed Books Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 224 Description An account of the resource <div><b>Abstract from the publisher : </b></div> &nbsp;</div> As African societies come to live more and more in cities, they do so in ways that challenge prevailing theories and models of urban development in geography, sociology, anthropology, and planning. In this groundbreaking book, Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns. It argues for a re-visioning - a seeing again, and a revising - of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about in both urban studies and African studies.<br /> <br /> Cities in Africa are still either ignored - banished to a different, other, lesser category of not-quite cities - or held up as examples of all that can go wrong with urbanism in much of the mainstream and even critical urban literature. Myers instead encourages African studies and urban studies scholars across the world to engage with the vibrancy and complexity of African cities with fresh eyes. Touching on a diverse range of cities across Africa, the book uses the author's own research and a close reading of works by other scholars, writers and artists to highlight a number of themes - from postcolonialism to cosmopolitanism - that help illuminate what is happening in and across the region's cities.</div> &nbsp;</div> <b>Garth Andrew Myers</b> is Director of the Kansas African Studies Centre and Professor in the Departments of Geography and African/African-American Studies at the University of Kansas.</div> &nbsp;</div> Type The nature or genre of the resource Ouvrage Africa Afrique cosmopolitisme informal city Myers Garth post-colonial city ville informelle ville postcoloniale https://crevilles.org/files/original/28031b2e760daa5164672ef62ffd27d6.jpg 18cd74cd9e087adf725ed3f0428cc892 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. 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Title A name given to the resource Reconsidering informality : Perspectives from urban Africa Subject The topic of the resource ville informelle, économie, emploi, occupation du sol, logement, aménagement urbain, Africa, Afrique, espace urbain, Hansen Karen Tranberg, Vaa Mariken Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource NC Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Nordiska Afrikainstitutet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-103 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 235 Description An account of the resource <div><b>Abstract from the publisher : </b></div> &nbsp;</div> This book brings together two bodies of research on urban Africa that have tended to be separate: Studies of urban land use and housing, and studies of work and livelihoods. Africa&rsquo;s future will be to an increasing extent urban. Nevertheless, the inherited legal, institutional and financial arrangements for managing urban development are inadequate. The recent decades of neo-liberal political and economic reforms have increased social inequality across urban space. Access to employment, shelter and services is precarious for most urban residents. Extra-legal housing and unregistered economic activities proliferate. Basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. The result is the phenomenal growth of the informal city and extra-legal activities. How do urban residents see these activities? What do they accomplish through them? How can these &ldquo;informal&rdquo; cities be governed?<br /> <br /> The case studies are drawn from a diverse set of cities on the African continent. A central theme is how practices that from an official standpoint are illegal or extra-legal do not only work but are considered legitimate by the actors concerned. Another is how the informal city is not exclusively the domain of the poor, but also provides shelter and livelihoods for better-off segments of the urban population.</div> &nbsp;</div> <b>Contents :</b></div> &nbsp;</div> Preface<br /> Introduction - Karen Tranberg Hansen and Mariken Vaa<br /> <br /> SECTION I: LOCALITY, PLACE, AND SPACE<br /> Sharing Public Space in Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville : Immigrant Fishermen and a Multinational Oil Company - Gabriel Tati<br /> The Right to Stay in Cato Crest : Formality and Informality in a South African Development Project - Knut G. Nustad<br /> Who Rules the Streets? The Politics of Vending Space in Lusaka - Karen Tranberg Hansen<br /> <br /> SECTION II: ECONOMY, WORK, AND LIVELIHOODS<br /> Trade and the Politics of Informalisation in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau - Ilda Louren&ccedil;o-Lindell<br /> Home Based Enterprises in a Period of Economic Restructuring in Zambia - Barbara Mwila Kazimbaya-Senkwe<br /> Home Industries and the Formal City in Harare, Zimbabwe - Amin Y. Kamete</div> <br /> SECTION III: LAND, HOUSING, AND PLANNING<br /> Land Use Planning and Governance in Dar es Salaam. A Case Study from Tanzania - Marco Burra<br /> Actors and Interests. The Development of an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya - Rose Gatabaki-Kamau and Sara Karirah-Gitau<br /> The Law and Access to Land for Housing in Maseru, Lesotho - Resetselemang Clement Leduka<br /> Upgrading an Informal Settlement in Cape Town, South Africa - John Abbott<br /> Beyond the Formal/Informal Dichotomy. Access to Land in Maputo, Mozambique - Paul Jenkins</div> &nbsp;</div> <b>Karen Tranberg Hansen </b>is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University.</div> The late <b>Mariken Vaa </b>was the coordinator of the Cities, Governance and Civil Society in Africa programme at the Nordic Africa Institute and Professor of Development Studies at Oslo University College.</div> &nbsp;</div> Type The nature or genre of the resource Ouvrage Africa Afrique aménagement urbain économie emploi espace urbain Hansen Karen Tranberg logement occupation du sol Vaa Mariken ville informelle