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Jennifer Robinson - Ordinary Cities: Between Modernity and Development - 9780415304887 - V9780415304887
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Ordinary Cities: Between Modernity and Development

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Description for Ordinary Cities: Between Modernity and Development Paperback. Presents a framework for urban development. This book considers the two framing axes of urban modernity and development, and argues that if cities are to be imagined in equitable and creative ways, urban theory must overcome these axes with their Western bias, and that resources must become at least as cosmopolitan as cities themselves. Series: Questioning Cities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones, 1 black. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.

With the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain relevant to the majority of cities and their populations, many of which are outside the West.

This groundbreaking book establishes a new framework for urban development. It makes the argument that all cities are best understood as ‘ordinary’, and crosses the longstanding divide in urban scholarship and urban policy between Western and other cities (especially those labelled ‘Third World’). It considers the two framing axes of urban modernity and development, and argues ... Read more

Tracking paths across previously separate literatures and debates, this innovative book - a postcolonial critique of urban studies - traces the outlines of a cosmopolitan approach to cities, drawing on evidence from Rio, Johannesburg, Lusaka and Kuala Lumpur. Key urban scholars and debates, from Simmel, Benjamin and the Chicago School to Global and World Cities theories are explored, together with anthropological and developmentalist accounts of poorer cities. Offering an alternative approach, Ordinary Cities skilfully brings together theories of urban development for students and researchers of urban studies, geography and development.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Questioning Cities
Condition
New
Weight
339g
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415304887
SKU
V9780415304887
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Jennifer Robinson
Jennifer Robinson is Professor of Urban Geography at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Reviews for Ordinary Cities: Between Modernity and Development
"All cities are ordinary, argues Robinson, and categorizing them as Western, Third World, developed, developing, world, or global ascribes prominence to certain cities and to certain features of cities. Instead, she starts from the fact that all cities are dynamic and diverse, if conflicted, arenas for social and economic life and anchors on that notion a new post-colonial framework for ... Read more

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