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Rethinking Urbanism: Lessons from Postcolonialism and the Global South

Name: Rethinking Urbanism: Lessons from Postcolonialism and the Global South
ISBN: 9781529204469

Garth Myers

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This book provides new insights into popular understandings of urbanism by using a wide range of case studies from lesser studied cities across the Global South and Global North to present evidence for the need to reconstruct our understanding of who and what makes urban environments. Myers explores the global hierarchy of cities, the criteria for positioning within these hierarchies and the successes of various policymaking approaches designed specifically to boost a city’s ranking. Engaging heavily with postcolonial studies and Global South thinking, he shows how cities construct one another’s spaces and calls for a new understanding of planetary urbanism that moves beyond Western-centric perspectives.

Year:

2020

Publisher:

Bristol University Press

Language:

english

Pages:

250

ISBN 10:

1529204461

ISBN 13:

9781529204469