Shadow Cities (book)
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Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World is a 2004 book by
.Overview
US-based journalist
Critical reception
Reviewers welcomed the book as a general overview whilst pointing out defects for the specialist reader. Writing in Forum Qualitative Social Research, Brian Christens said the book was "rich with insights" whilst also criticising Neuwirth's methodology.[2] David Satterthwaite reviewed the book twice. In Environment & Urbanization he takes exception to Neuwirth's dismissal of the National Slum Dwellers Federation in Mumbai as "'feel-good' organizing", arguing that the federation, allied with groups such as SPARC and Mahila Milan, provides a concrete means for slum dwellers to better their conditions.[4] In International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, he criticises Neuwirth for writing about specific places whilst ignoring the extensive research already carried out on them; he also praises how the book "captures the vibrancy evident in many squatter settlements".[5] In Harvard Design Magazine, John Beardsley commented what the "book lacks in trenchant social analysis or substantive policy understanding it more than makes up for in a close reading of what life is like in four settlements around the world".[6]
References
- JSTOR 3401367. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ ISSN 1438-5627. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Herman, Marc (2005). "Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World". Mother Jones. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- S2CID 153492008. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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- ^ Beardsley, John (2007). "A Billion Slum Dwellers and Counting". Harvard Design Magazine. 27.