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Description of  Concrete City: Material Flows and Urbanization in West Africa (IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series)

CONCRETE CITY Armelle Choplins Concrete City weaves a novel and engaging analysis of urbanization by tracing the journeys of cement and people making urban life in West Africa. From post-independence high modernist ambitions to building the opportunities to make a living, the emerging transnational corridor along the West African coast provides a starting point for insights which will expand and inform understanding of both established and newly emerging urbanization processes in many different contexts. Read more