The politics of slums in the global south
Subtitle: urban informality in Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru
By: Véronique Dupont, David Jordhus-Lier, Catherine Sutherland and Einar Braathen
Series: Routledge studies in cities and development
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781138839816; 9781315733241
Subjects: Urbanization; City planning; Low-income housing; Urban policy
Table of contents: title: Introduction: situating the politics of slums within the "urban turn"; title: National and urban contexts of the settlement cases : an overview; title: Policies towards substandard settlements; title: Settlement stories I: a question of knowledge?; title: Knowledge and power in upgrading and resettlement initiatives; title: Settlement stories II: communities responses; title: Modalities of social mobilisation; title: Conclusion.