The Politics Of Slums In The Global South: Urban Informality In Brazil, India, South Africa And Peru (Routledge Studies In Cities And Development)

Introduction: situating the politics of slums within the "urban turn"--National and urban contexts of the settlement cases : an overview -- Policies towards substandard settlements -- Settlement stories I: a question of knowledge? -- Knowledge and power in upgrading and resettlement initiatives -- Settlement stories II: communities responses -- Modalities of social mobilisation -- Conclusion

• | Author: VEronique Dupont
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Sep 08, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 230 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138839817
• | ISBN-13: 9781138839816