Durban is a remarkable place in which to test propositions about
the significance of the city and the significance of change. New
urban literature tends to divide very sharply between the problems
faced by cities with major resources at the center and the problems
faced by cities at the periphery. Many South African cities are
simultaneously the site of both kinds of phenomena. These cities
have strong traditions of forceful planning from above with
considerable capacity to finance change. They witness
industrialization, but they are also the site of massive squatter
settlements and populations that fall outside the functioning of
the "formal" economy. This book highlights the role of networks and
the co-operation for survival by Durban's newer citizens as they
make space for themselves. In an era of fundamental power shifts,
the constant need for re-invention and adaptation to social and
economic change, Durban is a genuine social vortex. Through the
work of writers from a range of di
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