Home » Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development
Product Image

Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development

Franklin Obeng-Odoom
€198.40
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A01=Franklin Obeng-Odoom
Africa
African cities research
Aid Virus
Author_Franklin Obeng-Odoom
BRT System
Category=JBSD
Category=JHB
Central Government
cities
Common Language
Democratic Urban Governance
development economics
Entrepreneurial Urban Governance
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Gdp Growth
Ghana
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre
Ghanaian Cities
Joy FM
Local Government Act
Mini Buses
municipal policy analysis
National Redemption Council
NDC Candidate
participatory planning
political economy Africa
poverty
poverty reduction urban governance
Private Sector Development
Pro-Poor Urban Development
Real Gdp Growth
Secondary Mortgage Market
social stratification
South Africa
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Tema Development Corporation
Uganda
UN
Urban Governance
Urban Governance Model
urban inequality
Urban Political Economy
Vice Versa
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415833769
  • Weight: 560g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Jul 2013
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

The world development institutions commonly present 'urban governance' as an antidote to the so-called 'urbanisation of poverty' and 'parasitic urbanism' in Africa.

Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development is a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the meaning, nature, and effects of 'urban governance' in theory and in practice, with a focus on Ghana, a country widely regarded as an island of good governance in the sub region. The book illustrates how diverse groups experience urban governance differently and contextualizes how this experience has worsened social differentiation in cities.

This book will be of great interest to students, teachers, and researchers in development studies, and highly relevant to anyone with an interest in urban studies, geography, political economy, sociology, and African studies.
About Franklin Obeng-Odoom
Franklin Obeng-Odoom is an urban researcher at the School of the Built Environment at the University of Technology, Sydney where he is the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In January 2013, he was appointed by the International Social Science Council as a World Social Science Fellow for work on sustainable urbanisation, three years after becoming a Dan David Scholar for 'innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms'. His research interests are in political economy of cities and natural resources especially water, oil, and land, and political economy of development. Franklin's research has appeared in Review of African Political Economy, The Review of Black Political Economy, and Review of Social Economy, Regional Studies, Cities, and Housing Studies. He is Associate Editor of African Review of Economics and Finance and Journal of Sustainable Development, and the Book Review Editor of Journal of International Real Estate and Construction Studies. In addition he serves on the editorial board of Urban Challenge (Urbani Izziv).

More from this author