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Concrete City

Material Flows and Urbanization in West Africa de

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IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series

Paru le : 2023-03-27

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CONCRETE CITY
“Armelle Choplin’s Concrete City weaves a novel and engaging analysis of urbanization by tracing the journeys of cement and people making urban life in West Africa. From post-independence high modernist ambitions to building the opportunities to make a living, the emerging transnational corridor along the West African coast provides a starting point for insights which will expand and inform understanding of both established and newly emerging urbanization processes in many different contexts.”
—Jennifer Robinson, Professor of Geography, University College of London, UK
“In this very innovative and superbly illustrated book, Armelle Choplin makes cement vibrant with affect, politics, economic interests and cultural meanings. She takes us to a fascinating journey along the West African urban corridor following the social life of concrete and showing how this material shapes contemporary urbanization and everyday life.”
—Ola Söderström, Professor of Geography, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Concrete City: Material Flows and Urbanization in West Africa delivers a theoretically informed, ethnographic exploration of the African urban world through the life of concrete. Emblematic of frenetic urban and capitalistic development, this material is pervasive, shaping contemporary urban landscapes and societies and their links to the global world. It stands and circulates at the heart of major financial investments, political forces and environmental debates. At the same time, it epitomises values of modernity and success, redefining social practices, forms of dwelling and living, and popular imaginaries.
The book invites the reader to follow bags of cement from production plant to construction site, along the 1000-kilometre urban corridor that links Abidjan to Accra, Lomé, Cotonou and Lagos, combining the perspectives of cement tycoons, entrepreneurs and political stakeholders, but also of ordinary men and women who plan, build and dream of the Concrete City. With this innovative exploration of urban life through concrete, Armelle Choplin delivers a fascinating journey into and reflection on the sustainability of our urban futures.
Pages
240 pages
Collection
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
Parution
2023-03-27
Marque
Wiley
EAN papier
9781119812005
EAN PDF
9781119812036
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Nombre pages imprimables
240
Taille du fichier
21811 Ko
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71,53 €
EAN EPUB
9781119812029
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Nombre pages imprimables
240
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14408 Ko
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