Shadow cities : (Record no. 4831)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780415953610 |
| Binding type | pbk. : alk. |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0415953618 |
| Binding type | pbk. : alk. |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 307.336 |
| Item number | NEU-S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Neuwirth, Robert |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Shadow cities : |
| Remainder of title | a billion squatters, a new urban World / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Robert Neuwirth |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Routledge, |
| Year of publication | 2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 335 p. : ill. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover --Half Title --Title --Copyright --Dedication --Contents --Prologue: Crossing the Tin Roof Boundary Line --Time Present --1. Rio de Janeiro: City without Titles --2. Nairobi: The Squatter Control --3. Mumbai: Squatter Class Structure --4. Istanbul: The Promise of Squatter Self-Government --<br/>Time Past --5. The 21 st Century Medieval City --6. Squatters in New York --<br/>Issues on the Way Forward --7. The Habitat Fantasy --8. Are Squatters Criminals? --9. Proper Squatters, Improper Property --<br/>Time Future --10. The Cities of Tomorrow --Acknowledgments Sources --Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract, etc | "This is a book that confronts one of the least known but most important facts about the world's cities: that they are home to more than a billion squatters. Within a generation, that number is projected to grow to two billion - and more than half the people living in cities will be squatters. Yet most outsiders are unwilling to step into their communities, fearing crime, disease, and distress." "Investigative reporter Robert Neuwirth spent two years living in squatter neighborhoods on four continents. In Shadow Cities, he reports what he has learned from squatters in Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Mumbai, and Nairobi. He started his journey prepared to find squatters as signifiers of urban decay and lawlessness. Instead, he found vital communities of industrious and highly moral people who have built communities of lasting power." "Shadow Cities dispels the myth that shantytowns are purely a third world phenomenon, showing that the great cities of Europe and North America were once dominated by shantytowns. And Neuwirth shows that squatters will build vital neighborhoods without private titles as long as they know they are not subject to eviction." "Shadow Cities acknowledges that the world of the squatters may be gritty, but it shows that it is governed by hope. Squatters, Neuwirth argues are building the cities of tomorrow."--Jacket. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Squatter settlements |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Urban poor |
| General subdivision | Housing |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Lost status | Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non Fiction | Library, SPAB | Library, SPAB | E-1 | 02/08/2016 | 006527307.336 NEU-S 00000320 20130809 C-6762 20130820 BARODA GBP00002999 SPAB/LIB/2009-10/B | 307.336 NEU-S | 006527 | Books |