Dystopia (book)
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| Author | Archimedes Muzenda |
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| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Urban planning |
| Genre | Non fiction |
| Publisher | African Urban Institute |
Publication date | September 1, 2020; July on Kindle |
| Pages | 278 |
| ISBN | 978-1779069122 Search this book on  . (Hardcover) |
Dystopia: How the Tyranny of Specialists Fragments African Cities is a 2020 polemical book by the city planner Archimedes Muzenda, published by the African Urban Institute. It argues that specialist approaches to urban development in Africa, and across the world, are fragmenting cities, turning them into dystopia.[1][2] He argues that the best way to create liveable cities is to adopt a generalist approach or rationalise specialist approaches through regulation.[3]
Synopsis
The book's 9 chapters are categorized by each group of specialists discussed. The Overture of the book sets the stage for the book's discussion by characterizing various groups of specialists and how the specialist approach differs from the generalist approach.[4] The other 7 chapters discuss each group of specialists one by one: town planning regulators, urban studies scholars,[5] traffic engineers, architects, environmentalists, and "right to the city" proponents. The book concludes with a chapter on how to rationalize all the specialists discussed towards a generalist approach and creating more liveable cities.
References
- ↑ "Dystopia: How the Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities". African Urban Institute Press. Retrieved August 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Dystopia: How the Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities". Google Books. Retrieved August 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Muzenda, Archimedes (2020). Dystopia: How the Tyranny of Specialist Fragment African Cities. Harare, Zimbabwe: African Urban Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-77906-912-2. Search this book on
- ↑ "Dystopia: How The Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities". Goodreads. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Muzenda, Archimedes. "The Geopolitics of Urbanisation in Africa". African Urban Institute. Unknown parameter
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