TY - GEN AU - Huchzermeyer, Marie TI - Cities with 'slums' from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa SN - 9781919895390 U1 - 307.3364 PY - 2011/// CY - Claremont PB - UCT Press KW - N1 - Contents List of acronyms iv Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 pt. 1: The urban context in the new millennium 21 Chapter one Informal settlements, global governance and Millennium Development Goal Seven Target 11 23 Chapter two Urban competitiveness or improving poor people's lives: why 'Cities without Slums'? 47 Chapter three Informal settlements in the discourse on urban informality 69 pt. 2: 'Slum' eradication in action 85 Chapter four 'Slum' elimination in Zimbabwe and Nigeria 87 Chapter five South Africa's drive to eradicate informal settlements by 2014 112 Chapter six Flagship 'slum' eradication pilot projects: flaws and controversies in the N2 Gateway in Cape Town and Kibera-Soweto in Nairobi 141 pt. 3: The struggle against 'slum' eradication in South Africa 167 Chapter seven A new target-driven upgrading agenda: space for rights-based demands? 169 Chapter eight A challenge to legal regression in the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 202 Chapter nine A challenge to the state's avoidance of upgrading: the Harry Gwala informal settlement 224 Chapter ten Towards a right to the city 243 Reference 251 Index 291 ER -