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Author Silver, Jonathan (Urban geographer), author.

Title The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization / Jonathan Silver
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations, map
Series Infrastructures series
Infrastructures series.
Contents Introduction: Into the Future -- Urban Modernity and the African City -- Infrastructural Security to Eco-Segregation -- Between Survival and the Prefigurative -- The Extended Time/Space of Infrastructure -- Promises of Development, Experiences of Displacement -- Infrastructural Catch Up 'Off the Map' -- Digital Disruptions from 'Above' and 'Below' -- Postcolonial Presents in the Metropole -- Towards a Popular Infrastructure
Summary "An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
HISTORY / Africa / South / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 23, 2023)
Subject Urbanization -- Africa -- 21st century
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa
City planning -- Africa
Sociology, Urban -- Africa
City planning
Infrastructure (Economics)
Sociology, Urban
Urbanization
Africa
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023000209
ISBN 9780262376747
0262376741
0262376733
9780262376730
Other Titles Techno-environments of the 3rd wave of urbanization