Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics
University of Pennsylvania Press (Verlag)
978-1-5128-2306-6 (ISBN)
In this book, Chandan Deuskar explores how politicians in developing democracies provide urban land and services to the urban poor in exchange for their political support, demonstrates how this impacts urban growth, and suggests innovative and practical ways in which urban planners can try to be more effective in this challenging political context. He draws on literature from multiple disciplines (urban planning, political science, sociology, anthropology, and others), statistical analysis of global data on urbanization, and an in-depth case study of urban Ghana.
Urban planners and international development experts working in the Global South, as well as researchers, educators, and students of global urbanization will find Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics informative and thought-provoking.
Chandan Deuskar has several years of experience working on urban development in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, with the World Bank and other organizations. He holds degrees in city planning and architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, and Columbia University. He was raised in Mumbai, India, and currently lives in Washington, DC.
Introduction. The Challenge of Planning the Informal City
Part I. Global Patterns
1. The Conflict Between Informal Politics and Urban Planning Around the World
2. The Global Relationship Between Clientelism and Urban Growth
3. Transitioning Away from Clientelism: Global Cases
Part II. Politics and Planning in Urban Ghana
4. Urban Informality and Planning Failure in Ghana
5. How Clientelism Undermines Planning in Ghana
6. Chiefs, Thugs, and Boundaries: Other Political Constraints to Planning in Ghana
7. How Sodom and Gomorrah Survive: The Case of “Ghana's Biggest Slum”
Part III. Politically Adaptive Planning
8. Seeking a Way Forward for Planning
9. A Politically Adaptive Approach to Planning
Conclusion. Recognizing the Play Being Staged
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index Acknowledgments
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.08.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
Zusatzinfo | 15 bw/, 3 maps, 2 tables, 4 graphs |
Verlagsort | Pennsylvania |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5128-2306-6 / 1512823066 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5128-2306-6 / 9781512823066 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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