The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty.

Edited by Charlotte Lemanski and Colin Marx, this book thus highlights the dynamics of space and its interaction with processes of exploitation. It also addresses what are currently implicit spatial aspects of urban poverty. By promoting the spatial analytical framework that lies at the core of understanding urban poverty, this book calls for 'a new spatial politics of urban poverty' and offers a broader range of strategies for poverty reduction available to scholars and policy makers alike . (Hannah Keren Lee, E&U, environmentandurbanization.org, March, 2016)

Autorentext
Isa Baud, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Kerwin Datu, The Global Urbanist. Alexandre Aspan Frediani, University College London, UK. Amlanjyoti Goswami, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India. Charlotte Heath, Department of International Development, UK. Gareth Jones, London School of Economics, UK. Caren Levy, University College London, UK. Melanie Lombard, University of Manchester, UK. Susan Parnell, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dennis Rodgers, University of Glasgow, UK. Romola Sanyal, London School of Economics, UK. Ellen Wratten, Department for International Development, UK.

Inhalt
Foreword; Jennifer Robinson Preface; Charlotte Lemanski and Colin Marx Introduction; Charlotte Lemanski and Colin Marx 1. Poverty and 'the city; Susan Parnell 2. Women in cities: prosperity or poverty? A need for multidimensional and multispatial analysis; Sylvia Chant and Kerwin Datu 3. Space and capabilities: approaching informal settlement upgrading through a capability perspective; Alexandre Apsan Frediani 4. Constructing informality and ordinary places: A place-making approach to urban informal settlements; Melanie Lombard 5. Constructing spatialized knowledge on urban poverty: (multiple) dimensions, mapping spaces of deprivations, and claim-making processes in urban governance; Isa Baud 6. Refugees and Urban Poverty: A Historical View from Calcutta; Romola Sanyal 7. Expanding the 'Room For Manoeuvre': Community-Led Finance in Mumbai, India; Caren Levy 8. Where the street has no name: reflections on legality and spatiality of vending; Amlanjyoti Goswami 9. Gangs, guns and the city: urban policy in dangerous places; Gareth Jones and Dennis Rodgers Policy Reflection; Ellen Wratten and Charlotte Heath Conclusion; Charlotte Lemanski and Colin Marx