| Uniting a Divided City: Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg Contributor(s): Beall, Jo (Author), Crankshaw, Owen (Author), Parnell, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853839213 ISBN-13: 9781853839214 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: For many people, Johannesburg has become the imagined spectre of our urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation, escalating crime and violence, and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty, are projected onto this city whose fate has implications and resonance way beyond its borders.Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. "Uniting a Divided City" investigates pragmatic approaches to urban economic development, service delivery, spatial restructuring, environmental sustainability and institutional reform in Johannesburg. It explores the conditions and processes that are determining the city's transformation into a cosmopolitan metropole and magnet for the continent. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 306.096 |
| LCCN: 2002008533 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.52" W x 9.56" (1.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation, escalating crime and violence, and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty, are projected onto this city as a microcosm of things to come. Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. This book investigates pragmatic approaches to urban economic development, service delivery, spatial restructuring, environmental sustainability and institutional reform in Johannesburg. It explores the conditions and processes that are determining the city's transformation into a cosmopolitan metropole and magnet for the continent. |
