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Urban Informality
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Urban Informality

Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia
BookPaperback
Ranking172371inSozialwissenschaften
CHF91.90

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The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements. This book presents cutting-edge research from various world regions to demonstrate how these trends make new forms of social and political power possible.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-7391-0741-6
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
PublisherRLPG/Galleys
Publishing date19/11/2003
SeriesTransnational Perspectives on Space and Place
Pages348 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 152 mm, Height 229 mm, Thickness 21 mm
Weight565 g
Article no.3209078
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.1638879
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Ananya Roy is Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. Nezar AlSayyad is Chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Architecture and Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam: Politics, Culture, and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization (Lexington Books, 2002).