Edgar Pieterse - How can we transcend slum urbanism in Africa?

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Published 2014-04-22
Edgar Pieterse, professor at the University of Cape Town and the founding director of the African Centre for Cities, in this lecture puts forward the concept of the underlying logics of slum urbanism. A logic which in turn manifests in an overall urban form that can be characterised as 'extreme splintered urbanism'—a pattern of urban development that manifests in sharp urban divides, the privatisation of key urban services and infrastructure linked to large-scale slum neglect over long periods of time.

Associated Material:

Recent Publications:

Rogue Urbanism
www.jacana.co.za/new-releases/new-releases-6593/ro…

Africa's Urban Revolution
www.amazon.co.uk/Africas-Urban-Revolution-Policy-P…

Additional links
www.cityscapesdigital.net
urbansdg.org/
All Comments (5)
  • @momentswithskhanyi8110
    Quite an informative and insightful video. We were discussing Infrastructure inequalities vs inequalities of infrastructure today in class and how these manifest and deprive the "Have nots" of basic needs and service delivery.
  • @simplicedouglassiebetcheu
    Bonjour  c'est avec un réel plaisir que nous vous informons la tenue du forum économique de nkongsamba du 13au 22 novembre 2014