Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,  Bisola Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,  Bisola Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781138069152

ISBN 10:   1138069159
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 August 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: The Politics of Space and Patterns of Segregation and Marginalization 1. Understanding the Zongo: Processes of Scoio-Spatial Marginalization in Ghana 2. Analytical Views on Past and Present Official and Cultural Narratives of Asmara 3. ‘Urban Man in Jos’: Growth, Transiting Power and Authority in a Conflict Prone City 4. The Rise, Fall, and Reemergence of Ponte City 5. Urban Renewal Schemes and the Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria: A Study of Oke Ilu-Eri 6. Issues and Challenges in the Urban Renewal Programme of Lagos State Part II: Everyday Claims to Space and Rights 7. Informal Citizens? Residents’ Perceptions of Space and Place in a South African Informal Settlement 8. Human Spaces and Urban Livelihoods: Language use in Makoko Slum Settlement 9. The Unheralded Politics of Urban Spaces in Nigeria: Case of City Prostitution and Precarious Livelihood 10. Conflicts and Urban Dwellers in Jos: Issues in Rights to City 11. Modernizing Makadara Gardens: Development and the Struggle for Urban Space in Kenya

Reviews

Author Information

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Bisola Falola studies spatial and social inequality as a researcher in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Texas, Austin, USA.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions