Rethinking Urbanism

Lessons from Postcolonialism and the Global South

Garth Myers

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Bristol University Press
03 June 2020

Urban communities; Urban economics

Provides an approach to planetary urbanisation built from Southern thinking which offers a much needed concise critical intervention and offers a balance of conceptual discussion and re-maps cities from Indigenous, Asian, African, African-American, Latino/a, Caribbean and Latin American perspectives.

This book provides new insights into popular understandings of urbanism that emanate from European and North American cities through a wide range of case studies from lesser studied cities across the Global South and Global North to present evidence for the need to reconstruct our understanding of 'good' urban environments.

He explores the global hierarchy of cities, the criteria for positioning within these hierarchies and the successes of various policymaking approaches designed specifically to boost a city's ranking. Engaging heavily with postcolonial studies and global South thinking, Myers shows how cities construct one another's spaces and calls for a new understanding of planetary urbanism that is more considerate of post-colonial experiences.

By: Garth Myers
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529204452
ISBN 10: 1529204453
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 03 June 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Rethinking Urbanism from the South Chapter One: Southern Processes of Planetary Urbanization in Hartford Chapter Two: Villages in the City: Patterns of Urbanization in the Pearl River Delta, Dakar and Zanzibar Chapter Three: The Useful and Ornamental Landscapes of British (Post)Colonialism Chapter Four: Submarine Urbanism: Cities People Make in ‘The Here and the Elsewhere’ Chapter Five: ‘The Whole World is Made in China’: Products and Infrastructures of Dis/Connection Chapter Six: Sister Cities: Urban Politics and Policy in a Southern Urban Planet Conclusion

Garth Myers is Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Urban International Studies at Trinity College.