Urban Planning in the Global South
Synopsis
This book addresses the on-going crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. The authors offer a Southern perspective on planning theory, explaining how the concept of conflicting rationalities complements and expands upon a theoretical tradition which still primarily speaks to global ‘Northern’ audiences. De Satgé and Watson posit that a significant change is needed in the makeup of urban planning theory and practice – requiring an understanding of the ‘conflict of rationalities’ between state planning and those struggling to survive in urban informal settlements – for social conditions to improve in the global South. Ethnography, as illustrated in the book’s case study – Langa, a township in Cape Town, South Africa – is used to arrive at this conclusion. The authors are thus able to demonstrate how power and conflict between the ambitions of state planners and shack-dwellers, attempting to survive in a resource-poor context, have permeated and shaped all state–society engagement in this planning process.
- कॉपीराईट:
- 2018 Springer
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319694962
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 2018-07-16T22:33:04Z
- भाषा:
- English
- श्रेणी:
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.