Beschreibung:
Based on in-depth fieldwork in three cities, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Lusaka, this book provides a critical analysis of the United Nations Sustainable Cities Program in Africa (SCP). It also puts forward a historically grounded critique of neoliberalism, good governance and sustainable development discourses.
Contents: Foreword; Toward a political ecology of African cities; The Sustainable Cities Program and African cities; Dar es Salaam: model city for the world; The mirror that Zanzibar holds up for the world; Lusaka: The years of the rule of money; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.