The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization / Jonathan Silver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, Jonathan (Urban geographer), author.

Series:

Infrastructures Series

Infrastructures series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Africa--21st century.

Urbanization.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Africa.

Infrastructure (Economics).

City planning--Africa.

City planning.

Sociology, Urban--Africa.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2023.

Summary:

"An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Into the Infra-Future

2. Urban Modernity and the African City

3. Infrastructural Security to Eco-Segregation

4. Between Survival and the Prefigurative

5. The Extended Time/Space of Infrastructure

6. Promises of Development, Experiences of Displacement

7. Infrastructural Catch-Up "Off the Map"

8. Digital Disruptions from "Above" and "Below"

9. Postcolonial Presents in the Metropole

10. Toward a Popular Infrastructure

References

Sources

Index

Series List.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: Silver, Jonathan The Infrastructural South

ISBN:

9780262376747

0262376741

9780262376730

0262376733

OCLC:

1358404936