Provincializing urban appropriation: Agonistic transgression as a mode of actually existing appropriation in South African cities

This study uses examples of urban land appropriation for housing in South Africa

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
31 October 2018
Country:
South Africa
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Climate and Environment and Infrastructure
First published:
6 December 2017
Authors:
Lawhon, M., Pierce, J and Makina, A

Abstract

This study uses examples of urban land appropriation for housing in South Africa to briefly illustrate how thinking pluralistically about urban appropriation might help better understand its actually existing forms in바카라 사이트”and beyond바카라 사이트”the global South.

This work is part of 바카라 사이트˜Turning livelihoods to rubbish? Assessing the impacts of formalization and technologization of waste management on the urban poor바카라 사이트™ project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development.

Citation

Lawhon, M. , Pierce, J. and Makina, A. (2018), Provincializing urban appropriation: Agonistic transgression as a mode of actually existing appropriation in South African cities. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 39: 117-131. doi:10.1111/sjtg.12223

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