Urban Planning in the Global South: Conflicting Rationalities in Contested Urban Space (2018)

Urban Planning in the Global South: Conflicting Rationalities in Contested Urban Space (2018)

By Richard de Satgé and Vanessa Watson

Addresses a major concern worldwide on planning African (and other global south) cities, especially since the adoption by the UN of the new Urban Sustainable Development Goal in 2016 Contributes to a current shift in planning theory away from its parochial global North focus to become more international Contains fascinating detail on the lives of inhabitants of a Cape Town informal settlement as well as how the South African state has attempted to deal with such settlements.

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Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Publish Date: 03/09/2018
Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9783319694955
ISBN-10: 3319694952
Language: English

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  • Addresses a major concern worldwide on planning African (and other global south) cities, especially since the adoption by the UN of the new Urban Sustainable Development Goal in 2016
  • Contributes to a current shift in planning theory away from its parochial global North focus to become more international
  • Contains fascinating detail on the lives of inhabitants of a Cape Town informal settlement as well as how the South African state has attempted to deal with such settlements

About the Authors

Richard de Satgé is director of research at Phuhlisani, a non-profit company. He has 40 years' experience working in NGOs across southern Africa as an educator and researcher with a focus on land, livelihoods, poverty and informality.

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Richard de Satgé is director of research at Phuhlisani, a non-profit company. He has 40 years' experience working in NGOs across southern Africa as an educator and researcher with a focus on land, livelihoods, poverty and informality.

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