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The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South

Parnell, Sue.

The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South edited by Susan Parnell and Sophie Oldfield. - 1 Edition. - xxi, 635 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Table of Contents
1. From the South Sophie Oldfield and Susan Parnell;
Part 1: Critical Urbanism;
2. Critical Urbanism Sophie Oldfield;
3. Worlding the South: Toward a Postcolonial Urban Theory Ananya Roy;
4. Grounding Southern City Theory in Time and Place Alan Mabin;
5. Is There a ‘South’ Perspective to Urban Studies? Sujata Patel;
6. Disseminating ‘Best Practice’? The Coloniality of Urban Knowledge and City Models Carlos Vainer;
7. New Geographies of Theorizing the Urban: Putting Comparison to Work for Global Urban Studies Jennifer Robinson;
Part 2: The Urban: Past, Present, Future;
8. The Urban: Past, Present, Future Susan Parnell;
9. Shaping Cities of the Global South: Legal Histories of Planning and Colonialism Robert Home;
10. Troubling Continuities: Use and Utility of the Term ‘Slum’ Marie Huchzermeyer;
11. Learning Planning From the South: Ideas from the New Urban Frontiers Vanessa Watson;
12. Urban Land Markets: A Southern Exposure Richard Harris;
13. The Urbanization/Development Nexus in the BRICS Ivan Turok;
Part 3: Global Economic Turbulence: (Re)configuring the Urban;
14. Global Economic Turbulence: (Re)configuring the Urban Susan Parnell;
15. Globalizing Capitalism and Southern Urbanization Eric Sheppard;
16. Steering, Speeding, Scaling: China’s Model of Urban Growth and its Implications for Cities of the Global South Xiangming Chen;
17. Does African Urban Policy Provide a Platform for Sustained Economic Growth? Bob

9780415818650 (hardback)

2013036059


Cities and towns--Developing countries.
City planning--Developing countries.
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.

HT166 / .P347 2014

307.7609172 PAR