Jakarta : drawing the city near / AbdouMaliq Simone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simone, A. M. (Abdou Maliqalim), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Indonesia--Jakarta.

City planning.

Jakarta (Indonesia)--Social conditions.

Jakarta (Indonesia).

Indonesia--Jakarta.

Physical Description:

xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]

Summary:

Jakarta, a city rife with disparities like many cities in the Global South, is undergoing rapid change. Alongside its megastructures, high-rise residential buildings, and franchised convenience stores, Jakarta's massive slums and off-hour street markets foster an unsettled urban population surviving in difficult conditions. But where does the vast middle of urban life fit into this dichotomy? In Jakarta, Drawing the City Near, AbdouMaliq Simone illustrates how the majority of Jakarta's population, caught between intense wealth and utter poverty, handles confluence and contradictions in their everyday lives. By exploring how inhabitants from different backgrounds regard each other and how they work together or keep their distance in order to make the city in which they reside endure, Jakarta, Drawing the City Near offers a powerful new way of thinking about urban life. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: rehearsal for an urban commons in Jakarta

The near-south: between megablock and slum

The urban majority: improvised livelihoods in mixed-up districts

Devising relations: markets, streets, households, and workshops

Endurance: risking the familiar

Inventive policy: integrating residents into running the city

Conclusion: reimagining a commons

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816693351

0816693358

9780816693368

0816693366

OCLC:

871044195