Globalizing city the urban and economic transformation of Accra, Ghana

Introduction : globalizing city -- Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces -- Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities -- Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom -- In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spa...

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1. Verfasser: Grant, Richard (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Syracuse, N.Y Syracuse University Press 2009
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:Space, place, and society
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : globalizing city -- Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces -- Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities -- Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom -- In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces -- Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city -- Conclusions.
Introduction : globalizing city -- Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces -- Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities -- Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom -- In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces -- Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city -- Conclusions
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XVIII, 187 S.
Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0815631723
0-8156-3172-3
9780815631729
978-0-8156-3172-9