Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World

ISBN-13: 9780415953610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str.

Neuwirth

Opis

'Shadow Cities' offers an historically based justification of squatters' rights, arguing that property rights are not 'natural'. To argue his case, Neuwirth provides first-hand accounts of squatters in megacities throughout the world - Rio, Delhi, Istanbul and Nairobi.

Spis treści

Prologue: Crossing the Tin Roof Boundary Line Time Present Rio de Janeiro Nairobi Mumbai Istanbul Time Past The 21st Century Medieval City Squatters in New York Issues on the Way Forward The Habitat Fantasy Are squatters criminals? Proper Squatters, Improper Property Time Future The Cities of Tomorrow Sources

O autorze

Robert Neuwirth is an investigative reporter who specializes in urban issues. He has written for The New York Times, The Nation, Metropolis, The Village Voice, New York Magazine, and many other publications. He received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his work on squatter communities.