02900nam a2200373 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001500112020001800127020002700145040002100172035002100193043001200214050003100226100002500257245014300282260005000425300003200475504006600507505094800573520052301521533015202044650003402196650003802230650003402268650003302302655002902335710001702364856012602381999001902507ebr10593061CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120622s2011    sa ab   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2011478776  z1919895396  z9781919895390  z9781920541620 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)811407427  af-sa---14aHD7287.96.S68bH855 2011eb1 aHuchzermeyer, Marie.10aCities with 'slums'h[electronic resource] :bfrom informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa /cMarie Huchzermeyer.  aClaremont, South Africa :bUCT Press,cc2011.  aviii, 296 p. :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index.0 aPt. 1. The urban context in the new millennium. Informal settlements, global governance and Millennium Development Goal Seven Target 11 -- Urban competitiveness or improving poor people's lives: why 'Cities Without Slums'? -- Informal settlements in the discourse on urban informality -- Pt. 2. 'Slum' eradication in action. 'Slum' elimination in Zimbabwe and Nigeria -- South Africa's drive to eradicate informal settlements by 2014 -- Flagship 'slum' eradication pilot projects: flaws and controversies in the N2 Gateway in Cape Town and Kibera-Soweto in Nairobi -- Pt. 3. The struggle against 'slum' eradication in South Africa. A new target-driven upgrading agenda: space for rights-based demands? -- A challenge to legal regression in the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 -- A challenge to the state's avoidance of upgrading: the Harry Gwala informal settlement -- Towards a right to the city.  a"The UN's Millennium Development Target to improve the lives of 100 million 'slum' dwellers has been inappropriately communicated as a target to free cities of slums. ... [The book] traces the proliferation of this misunderstanding across several African countries, and explains how current urban policy ... encourages this interpretation. The cases it presents cover a range of conflicts between poor urban residents and the local and national authorities that seek to curtail their 'right to the city'."--Back cover.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSquatter settlementszAfrica. 0aSlumsxGovernment policyzAfrica. 0aHousing policyzSouth Africa. 0aUrban poorxHousingzAfrica. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10593061zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c215638d215638