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Author Myers, Garth Andrew, author.

Title Disposable cities : garbage, governance and sustainable development in urban Africa / Garth Andrew Myers.

Publication Info. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Re-materialising cultural geography
Re-materialising cultural geography.
Note Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2005.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Urbanization -- Africa.
Urbanization.
Africa.
Sustainable urban development -- Africa.
Sustainable urban development.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Africa.
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Africa.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: 9780754643746 (hardback) 9781138266766 (pbk) 0754643743
ISBN 9781351943611 (electronic book)
1351943618 (electronic book)
9780754643746
9781315257624
1315257629