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Contemporary urbanism on three continents - a study of the city regions of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Gauteng (South Africa), São Paulo (Brasil) and Paris (France)

In ‘urban studies’, a varied area of research that crosses over many disciplines, two contemporary areas of focus that attract much attention are ‘southern urbanism’; and comparison of cities.

Alan Mabin Alan Mabin

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Panic City: Crime and the Fear Industries in Johannesburg

Murray, Martin J. 2020. Panic City: Crime and the Fear Industries in Johannesburg. Stanford University Press. https://www.sup.org/books/titl...

Martin Murray Martin Murray

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Shuttling between the suburbs and the township: the new black middle class(es) negotiating class and post-apartheid blackness in South Africa

Ndlovu, Thabisani. 2020. Shuttling between the suburbs and the township: the new black middle class(es) negotiating class and post-apartheid...

Thabisani Ndlovu Thabisani Ndlovu

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A lone ranger: My journey towards becoming a feminist geographer in Nairobi, Kenya

Kinyanjui, Mary. 2019. A lone ranger: My journey towards becoming a feminist geographer in Nairobi, Kenya. Gender, Place and Culture, 26(7–9...

Mary Njeri Kinyanjui Mary Njeri Kinyanjui

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The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa

Cobbinah, Patrick B and Michael Addaney. (Eds.). 2019. The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa. Cham: Springer Internatio...

Patrick Cobbinah Patrick Cobbinah
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