New Urban Worlds: Inhabiting Dissonant Times

by Edgar Pieterse and AbdouMaliq Simone

Book Overview

It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed and deployed as a multi-polar world system is being born. The full implications of this challenge cry out to be understood because city building (and retrofitting) cannot but be an undertaking entangled in profound societal and cultural shifts. In this highly original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745691560
• ISBN13: 9780745691565
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.6"