Cities for human development : a capability approach to city-making / Alexandre Apsan Frediani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frediani, Alexandre Apsan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sen, Amartya, 1933-.

City planning--Social aspects.

City planning--Economic aspects.

Community development, Urban.

Community development.

Capabilities approach (Social sciences).

Urban poor.

Physical Description:

xi, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Rugby, UK : Practical Action Publishing, [2021]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Towards cities as engines of human development

2. Justice, city-making, and the capability approach

3. Drivers: Evictions and wellbeing of dwellers in Lagos informal waterfront settlements, Nigeria

4. Practices: Experiences and claims for participation in the Euston area of London, United Kingdom

5. Aspirations: Re-imagining urban regeneration in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

6. Abilities: Housing (un)freedoms in Nova Primavera estate, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

7. Opportunities: Democratizing urban governance through neighbourhood planning associations in Kisumu, Kenya

8. Agency: Claiming rights through the occupation of vacant buildings in inner Sao Paulo, Brazil

9. Trajectories: Pursuing buen vivir through participatory neighbourhood planning in Quito, Ecuador

10. Learning: Expanding capabilities through knowledge co-production about city-making in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-171).

ISBN:

9781788531436

1788531434

9781788531474

1788531477

OCLC:

1266359656