Living the Urban Periphery: Infrastructure, Everyday Life and Economic Change in African City-Regions

by Paula Meth

An empirically rich analysis of the drivers and lived experiences of urban change in African peripheries with a focus on city-regions in Ethiopia, South Africa and Ghana. The book proposes five peripheral logics which frame the formation and character of urban peripheries and explores these on the ground through residents' voices and narratives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152617121X
• ISBN13: 9781526171214
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"