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Author Myers, Garth Andrew, author

Title Disposable cities : garbage, governance and sustainable development in urban Africa / Garth Andrew Myers
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Re-materialising cultural geography
Re-materialising cultural geography
Contents Toward a political ecology of African cities -- The Sustainable Cities Program and African cities -- Dar es Salaam : model city for the world -- The mirror that Zanzibar holds up for the world -- Lusaka : the years of the rule of money -- Conclusion
Summary Based on in-depth fieldwork in three cities, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Lusaka, this book provides a critical analysis of the United Nations Sustainable Cities Program in Africa (SCP). It also puts forward a historically grounded critique of neoliberalism, good governance and sustainable development discourses
Notes Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2005
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 9, 2017)
Subject Urbanization -- Africa
Sustainable urban development -- Africa
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Africa
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Africa
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Refuse and refuse disposal
Sustainable urban development
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization
Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351943611
1351943618
9781315257624
1315257629
1138266760
9781138266766