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245 10 a| Cities with 'slums'h| [electronic resource] :b| from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa /c| Marie Huchzermeyer.;

260 a| Claremont, South Africa :b| UCT Press,;

300 a| viii, 296 p. :b| ill., maps ;c| 23 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index.;

505 0 a| Pt. 1. The urban context in the new millennium. Informal settlements, global governance and Millennium Development Goal Seven Target 11 -- Urban competitiveness or improving poor people's lives: why 'Cities Without Slums'? -- Informal settlements in the discourse on urban informality -- Pt. 2. 'Slum' eradication in action. 'Slum' elimination in Zimbabwe and Nigeria -- South Africa's drive to eradicate informal settlements by 2014 -- Flagship 'slum' eradication pilot projects: flaws and controversies in the N2 Gateway in Cape Town and Kibera-Soweto in Nairobi -- Pt. 3. The struggle against 'slum' eradication in South Africa. A new target-driven upgrading agenda: space for rights-based demands? -- A challenge to legal regression in the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 -- A challenge to the state's avoidance of upgrading: the Harry Gwala informal settlement -- Towards a right to the city.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "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.;

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

Author/creator	Huchzermeyer, Marie
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press,
Description	viii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Squatter settlements--Africa. Slums--Government policy. --Africa. Housing policy--South Africa. Urban poor--Housing. --Africa.

Contents	Pt. 1. The urban context in the new millennium. Informal settlements, global governance and Millennium Development Goal Seven Target 11 -- Urban competitiveness or improving poor people's lives: why 'Cities Without Slums'? -- Informal settlements in the discourse on urban informality -- Pt. 2. 'Slum' eradication in action. 'Slum' elimination in Zimbabwe and Nigeria -- South Africa's drive to eradicate informal settlements by 2014 -- Flagship 'slum' eradication pilot projects: flaws and controversies in the N2 Gateway in Cape Town and Kibera-Soweto in Nairobi -- Pt. 3. The struggle against 'slum' eradication in South Africa. A new target-driven upgrading agenda: space for rights-based demands? -- A challenge to legal regression in the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 -- A challenge to the state's avoidance of upgrading: the Harry Gwala informal settlement -- Towards a right to the city.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011478776
ISBN	9781919895390
ISBN	1919895396
ISBN	9781920541248 (E-ISBN)
ISBN	1920541241 (E-ISBN)

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