The objective of this book is to better understand the nature of urban governance regarding the provision of basic urban services in rapidly growing mid-sized t
This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favourable conditions for the sustainable evolution
This book analyses the housing and governance policies of the city of Surakarta, in Indonesia. It addresses the question of whether Surakarta’s strategy for h
Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily gro
Seeing urban politics from the perspective of those who reside in slums offers an important dimension to the study of urbanism in the global South. Many people