Globalizing city
Subtitle: the urban and economic transformation of Accra, Ghana
By: Richard Grant.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Space, place, and society
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780815631729
Subjects: Urbanization -- Ghana -- Accra; Globalization -- Ghana -- Accra; Accra (Ghana) -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : globalizing city; title: Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces; title: Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities; title: Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom; title: In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces; title: Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city; title: Conclusions.