'Cities without slums'? Global architectures of power and the African city

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dc.contributor.author Jones, B.G.
dc.contributor.editor Bakker, Karel A.
dc.contributor.other African Perspectives Conference Proceedings
dc.coverage.spatial Africa
dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-19T08:51:28Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-19T08:51:28Z
dc.date.created 2017
dc.date.issued 2010
dc.description.abstract This paper provides a critical examination of the current international urban agenda for African cities, with a particular focus on the Cities Alliance discourse of ‘Cities Without Slums’ and UN-Habitat’s ‘Slum Upgrading Facility’. Through this analysis a global architecture of financial and ideological power is brought into view. The paper first identifies the neoliberal ideological principles underpinning these internationally-promoted initiatives for ‘resourcing’ African cities. It then traces the location of this agenda within the broader global emergence neoliberal urbanism and financialisation. The final part of the paper considers the current agenda for African cities in light of earlier colonial urban discourse. en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Department of Culture, Delegation of the Flemish Government in South Africa, Embassy of Belgium en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://africanperspectivesconference.wordpress.com/
dc.format.extent 12 pages en_ZA
dc.format.medium PDF en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Jones, BG 2010, ''Cities without slums'? Global architectures of power and the African city', African Perspectives Conference Proceedings, 25-28 September 2009. en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-620-49356-7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59964
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria © 2010 en_ZA
dc.subject Architecture en_ZA
dc.subject Slums en_ZA
dc.subject Urban development policy en_ZA
dc.subject Neoliberal urbanism en_ZA
dc.subject Colonial urban planning en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Architecture--Africa
dc.title 'Cities without slums'? Global architectures of power and the African city en_ZA
dc.type Conference paper en_ZA


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