Wanjiku Kihato, CNapier, Mark2013-11-082013-11-082013-10Wanjiku Kihato, C. and Napier, M. 2013. Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets. In: Trading Places: Accessing land in African cities. African Minds Publishing: Somerset West South Africa, pp 91-121978-1-920489-99-1http://www.africanminds.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9781920489991_content1.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/7047Copyright: African Minds Publishing, Somerset West, South Africa. Abstract only attached.World cities face a bleak future. Global capital, state failure, structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) and a misguided non-profit sector collude to create a world of ‘megaslums’ which are ‘characterised by overcrowding, poor or informal housing, inadequate access to safe water and sanitation, and insecurity of tenure’ (Davis 2006:22). Davis argues that slums are the product of structural processes in cities whose growth is ‘driven by the reproduction of poverty, not by the supply of jobs’ (ibid.: 16). In trying to understand growing poverty in the global economy, leading economist Dani Rodrik contends that the increasing asymmetry between capital and labour values, the decoupling of markets and regulatory institutions, and growing informalisation of work is leading to high levels of inequality and poverty within developing countries and between developing and developed economies.enUrban land marketsWorld citiesSlumsFuture citiesAfrican citiesBook ChapterWanjiku Kihato, C., & Napier, M. (2013). Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets., <i>Workflow;11765</i> African Minds. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7047Wanjiku Kihato, C, and Mark Napier. "Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets" In <i>WORKFLOW;11765</i>, n.p.: African Minds. 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7047.Wanjiku Kihato C, Napier M. Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets.. Workflow;11765. [place unknown]: African Minds; 2013. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7047.TY - Book Chapter AU - Wanjiku Kihato, C AU - Napier, Mark AB - World cities face a bleak future. Global capital, state failure, structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) and a misguided non-profit sector collude to create a world of ‘megaslums’ which are ‘characterised by overcrowding, poor or informal housing, inadequate access to safe water and sanitation, and insecurity of tenure’ (Davis 2006:22). Davis argues that slums are the product of structural processes in cities whose growth is ‘driven by the reproduction of poverty, not by the supply of jobs’ (ibid.: 16). In trying to understand growing poverty in the global economy, leading economist Dani Rodrik contends that the increasing asymmetry between capital and labour values, the decoupling of markets and regulatory institutions, and growing informalisation of work is leading to high levels of inequality and poverty within developing countries and between developing and developed economies. DA - 2013-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Urban land markets KW - World cities KW - Slums KW - Future cities KW - African cities LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 978-1-920489-99-1 T1 - Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets TI - Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7047 ER -