Based on fieldwork in three cities, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Lusaka, this book provides an analysis of the United Nations Sustainable Cities Program in Africa (SCP). Focusing on the SCP's policies for solid waste management, it examines the success of these schemes and the SCP's record in building relationships between people and government. Series Editor(s): Boyle, Dr. Mark; Mitchell, Professor Donald; Pinder, Dr. David. Series: Re-Materialising Cultural Geography. Num Pages: 204 pages, Includes 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 445. . 2005. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Disposable Cities: Garbage, Governance and Sustainable Development in Urban Africa (Re-materialising Cultural Geography)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0754643743
ISBN 13: 9780754643746
Binding: Hardcover
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Based on in-depth fieldwork in three cities, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Lusaka, this book provides a critical analysis of the United Nations Sustainable Cities Program in Africa (SCP). Focusing on the SCP's policies for solid waste management, which was identified as the top priority problem by the SCP, the book examines the success of these pilot schemes and the SCP's record in building new relationships between people and government. It argues that the SCP has operated in a political vacuum, without recognition of the long and problematic histories and cultural politics of urban environmental governance in Eastern and Southern Africa. This book brings these cultural and political histories to the fore in its examination of the contemporary dynamics. In doing so, it not only provides an insightful analysis of the policies and outcomes for the SCP, but also puts forward a historically grounded critique of neoliberalism, good governance and sustainable development discourses.

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Garth Andrew Myers is Associate Professor of Geography and African/African-American Studies at the University of Kansas, USA.

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