Taming the disorderly city
Subtitle: the spatial landscape of Johannesburg after apartheid
By: Martin J. Murray.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780801445699; 9780801474378
Subjects: Sociology, Urban -- South Africa -- Johannesburg; Urban renewal -- South Africa -- Johannesburg; City planning -- South Africa -- Johannesburg; Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Social conditions; Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Geography; Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the untamed city of fragments; title: Social justice and the rights to the city; title: Ruin and regeneration intertwined; title: The fixed and flexible city; title: Disposable people at the peri-urban fringe; title: The spatial dynamics of real estate capitalism; title: The struggle for survival in the inner city; title: Revitalization and displacement in the inner city; title: The banality of indifferent urbanism.