Cities with 'slums' from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa

By:

Huchzermeyer, Marie

Publication details: Claremont UCT Press 2011Description: viii,296pISBN:

9781919895390

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.3364 HUC

Contents:

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

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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

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