African Cities

by Garth A. Myers

Book Overview

As African societies come to live more and more in cities, they do so in ways that challenge prevailing theories and models of urban development in geography, sociology, anthropology, and planning. In this groundbreaking book, Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns. It argues for a re-visioning - a seeing again, and a revising - of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848135092
• ISBN13: 9781848135093
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"