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Auteur(s) : De Satgé, Rick (1954-....)
Watson, Vanessa (1950-....)
Titre(s) : Urban planning in the global south [Texte imprimé] : conflicting rationalities in contested urban space / Richard de Satgé, Vanessa Watson
Publication : Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xv-255 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"Refusing to be drawn in by the universalising claims of planning theory, de Satgé
and Watson are as attentive to the micro-politics of everyday life as to the global
dynamics shaping the broader territory, offering new insights into the concept of
'conflicting rationalities'. This book offers a springboard in the vital development
of southern planning theory and practice."--Colin Marx, University College London,
UK 'This path breaking book will profoundly shape social science and planning debates
about how urban planning, development programmes and governmentality become enmeshed
in everyday practices of survival in poor neighbourhoods in the global South.' - Steven
Robins, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa This book addresses the on-going
crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. de Satgé and
Watson advance a Southern perspective on planning theory identifying how key precepts
informing urban planning theory and practice must change fundamentally if social conditions
are to improve in these settings. They argue that such changes will require an understanding
of the 'conflict of rationalities' at the heart of the encounters between state planning
norms and those struggling to survive in informal settlements. The complex nature
of these contestations is explored through an in-depth case study of Langa, a township
in Cape Town, South Africa. This reveals the many layers that frame the conflicts
between the ambitions of state planners, shack-dwellers and township residents, and
examines how these have shaped the changing dynamics of power and permeated all state-society
engagements in the planning process. Richard de Satgé is Director of Research at Phuhlisani,
a non-profit company. He has 40 years' experience working in NGOs across southern
Africa as an educator and researcher with a focus on land, livelihoods, poverty and
informality. Vanessa Watson is Professor in Planning at the University of Cape Town,
South Africa, and a university Fellow. She conducts research through the African Centre
for Cities. Her research over the last 35 years has focused on urban planning in the
global South."--Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Urbanisme et société -- Pays en développement
Urbanisme -- Le Cap (Afrique du Sud)
Indice(s) Dewey :
307.116 (23e éd.) = Urbanisme et développement urbain
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 3319694952. - ISBN 9783319694955. - ISBN 9783319694962 (erroné) (PDF ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455847744
Notice n° :
FRBNF45584774
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Machine generated contents note:1.. Introduction -- ; 2.. Conflicting Rationalities
and Southern Planning Theory -- ; 3.. African Cities: Planning Ambitions and Planning
Realities -- ; 4.. Struggles for Shelter and Survival in Post-apartheid South African
Cities: The Case of Langa -- ; 5.. Voices from and Within the State -- ; 6.. Conflicting
Rationalities in the N2 Gateway Project: Voices from Langa -- ; 7.. Implications for
Southern Planning Theory and Practice -- ; 8.. Conclusion.
