Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
Series |
Spaces of peace, security and development |
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Spaces of peace, security and development
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Contents |
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Researching Precarious Urbanism and the Displacement-Urbanization Nexus -- Histories of Conflict and Mobility: The View from the City -- Camp Urbanization and Humanitarian Entrepreneurship -- Improvising Infrastructure: The Micropolitics of Camp Life -- Techno Relief? Connectivity, Inequality and Mobile Urban Livelihoods -- Liminal Durability: Belonging in the City and Enduring Solutions -- Conclusion: Living at the Precarious Edges of Planetary Urbanization -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Summary |
This book explores relationships between war, displacement and city-making. Focusing on people seeking refuge in Somali cities after being forced to migrate by violence, environmental shocks or economic pressures, it highlights how these populations are actively transforming urban space |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Cities and towns -- Somalia -- Growth
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Forced migration -- Social aspects -- Somalia
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Internal migrants -- Somalia -- Social conditions
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Migration, Internal -- Climatic factors -- Somalia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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Forced migration -- Social aspects
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Migration, Internal -- Climatic factors
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Somalia
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Chonka, Peter, author
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ISBN |
9781529215250 |
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1529215250 |
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9781529215243 |
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1529215242 |
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