Reconsidering Informality
Subtitle: Perspectives from Urban Africa
Contributors: Karen Tranber Hansen (Editor); Mariken Vaa (Editor)
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9789171065186
Subjects: Land use restrictions; Urban communities; Third World Development; Social Science; Cities and towns; Squatter settlements; Sociology; Sociology - Urban; Anthropology - General; Developing Countries; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; Sociology - General; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Congresses; Informal sector (Economics)
First sentence: At the turn of the millennium, Africa's cities were driven predominantly by informal practices in such vital areas as work, shelter, land use, transportation, and a variety of social services (Stern and Halfani 2001:474).