Taming the Disorderly City

by Martin J. Murray

Book Overview

In postapartheid Johannesburg, tensions of race and class manifest themselves starkly in struggles over "rights to the city." Real-estate developers and the very poor fight for control of space as the municipal administration steps aside, almost powerless to shape the direction of change. Having ceded control of development to the private sector, the Johannesburg city government has all but abandoned residential planning to the unpredictability of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080147437X
• ISBN13: 9780801474378
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher