Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South: Towards a feminised urban future

by Cathy McIlwaine and Sylvia H. Chant

Book Overview

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South. This is one of the first books to detail the challenges facing poorer segments of the female population who commonly reside in 'slums'. It explores the variegated disadvantages of urban poverty and slum-dwelling from a gender perspective.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415721644
• ISBN13: 9780415721646
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"