Beschreibung:
Jonathan Silver
"An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"--
Acknowledgments ix1 Introduction: Into the Infra-Future 12 Urban Modernity and the African City 273 Infrastructural Security to Eco-Segregation 534 Between Survival and the Prefigurative 835 The Extended Time/Space of Infrastructure 1096 Promises of Development, Experiences of Displacement 1317 Infrastructural Catch-Up "Off the Map" 1598 Digital Disruptions from "Above" and "Below" 1839 Postcolonial Presents in the Metropole 21310 Toward a Popular Infrastructure 239Notes 267References 271Sources 307Index 309