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Author Murray, Martin J.
Title City of extremes : the spatial politics of Johannesburg / Martin J. Murray.
Publication Info Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.


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Descript 1 online resource (xxix, 470 p. : ill., maps)
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Contents The restless urban landscape : the evolving spatial geography of Johannesburg -- The flawed promise of the high-modernist city : city building at the apex of apartheid rule -- Hollowing out the center : Johannesburg turned inside out -- Worlds apart : the Johannesburg inner city and the making of the outcast ghetto -- The splintering metropolis : laissez-faire urbanism and unfettered suburban sprawl -- Defensive urbanism after apartheid : spatial partitioning and the new fortification aesthetic -- Entrepreneurial urbanism and the private city -- Reconciling arcadia and utopia : gated residential estates at the metropolitan edge -- Epilogue. putting Johannesburg in its place : the ordinary city.
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ISBN 9780822391814 (e-book)
0822391813 (e-book)
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Author Murray, Martin J.
Series Politics, history, and culture
Politics, history, and culture.
Subject Urban policy -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Sociology, Urban -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Geography.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Race relations.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Politics and government.
Descript 1 online resource (xxix, 470 p. : ill., maps)
Note Description based on print version record
Contents The restless urban landscape : the evolving spatial geography of Johannesburg -- The flawed promise of the high-modernist city : city building at the apex of apartheid rule -- Hollowing out the center : Johannesburg turned inside out -- Worlds apart : the Johannesburg inner city and the making of the outcast ghetto -- The splintering metropolis : laissez-faire urbanism and unfettered suburban sprawl -- Defensive urbanism after apartheid : spatial partitioning and the new fortification aesthetic -- Entrepreneurial urbanism and the private city -- Reconciling arcadia and utopia : gated residential estates at the metropolitan edge -- Epilogue. putting Johannesburg in its place : the ordinary city.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780822391814 (e-book)
0822391813 (e-book)
Author Murray, Martin J.
Series Politics, history, and culture
Politics, history, and culture.
Subject Urban policy -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Sociology, Urban -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Geography.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Race relations.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Politics and government.

Subject Urban policy -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Sociology, Urban -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Geography.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Race relations.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Politics and government.
Descript 1 online resource (xxix, 470 p. : ill., maps)
Note Description based on print version record
Contents The restless urban landscape : the evolving spatial geography of Johannesburg -- The flawed promise of the high-modernist city : city building at the apex of apartheid rule -- Hollowing out the center : Johannesburg turned inside out -- Worlds apart : the Johannesburg inner city and the making of the outcast ghetto -- The splintering metropolis : laissez-faire urbanism and unfettered suburban sprawl -- Defensive urbanism after apartheid : spatial partitioning and the new fortification aesthetic -- Entrepreneurial urbanism and the private city -- Reconciling arcadia and utopia : gated residential estates at the metropolitan edge -- Epilogue. putting Johannesburg in its place : the ordinary city.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780822391814 (e-book)
0822391813 (e-book)
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