City of extremes [electronic resource] : the spatial politics of Johannesburg / Martin J. Murray.

Author/Creator:

Murray, Martin J.

Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.

Series:

Politics, history, and culture.
Politics, history, and culture

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (505 p.)

Subjects:

Urban policy -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Sociology, Urban -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Geography.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Race relations.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Politics and government.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

A powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Contents:

The restless urban landscape : the evolving spatial geography of Johannesburg
The flawed promise of the high-modernist city : city building at the apex of apartheid rule
Hollowing out the center : Johannesburg turned inside out
Worlds apart : the Johannesburg inner city and the making of the outcast ghetto
The splintering metropolis : laissez-faire urbanism and unfettered suburban sprawl
Defensive urbanism after apartheid : spatial partitioning and the new fortification aesthetic
Entrepreneurial urbanism and the private city
Reconciling arcadia and utopia : gated residential estates at the metropolitan edge
Epilogue. putting Johannesburg in its place : the ordinary city.

Notes:

Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-48798-4
9786613583215
0-8223-9181-3

OCLC:

1141660978

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