ISBN:
1349951080
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9781349951086
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9781349951093
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xv, 380 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
DDC:
320.8096
Schlagwort(e):
Municipal government
;
Municipal government
;
Africa
;
Africa Politics and government
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Afrika
;
Stadtverwaltung
;
Stadtplanung
Kurzfassung:
Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Notes; References; Part I: Decentralization and Planning Law Reforms; Chapter 2: Local Government and Urban Governance in Lusophone African Countries: From Colonial Centralism to Post-Colonial Slow Decentralization; 1 Introduction; 2 The Colonial Period: Centralization and De-Concentration; 3 The Post-Colonial Period: The First and the Second Republics; 3.1 Cape Verde; 3.2 São Tome and Príncipe; 3.3 Mozambique; 3.4 Angola; 3.5 Guinea-Bissau; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References
Kurzfassung:
Legislation: Post-Colonial Period Legislation: Colonial Period; Chapter 3: Urban Governance in a Devolved Kenya; 1 Introduction; 2 Decentralization and Kenya's 2010 Constitution; 3 Devolution and County Governments; 4 Devolution and the Urban Challenge; 5 The Governance of Urban Areas Under Devolution; 6 Devolution: Problems and Prospects; 6.1 The National Government Versus Counties; 6.2 The National Government Versus The National Government; 6.3 Intra-County Struggles; 7 Conclusion; 8 Future Prospects; Notes; References; Legal Documents
Kurzfassung:
Chapter 4: Decentralization in Africa: Local Government and Health Care in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania1 Introduction; 2 Analytical framework; 2.1 Defining Decentralization: Rationale; 2.2 Decentralized Service Delivery: Analytical Framework for Assessment; 3 Health Service Decentralization in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania; 3.1 Brief Overview of Institutional Frameworks for Health Service Decentralization; Ghana; Tanzania; Malawi; 3.2 Capacity of Decentralised Health Offices to Deliver Services; 3.3 Decision-Making Space; 3.4 Accountability; 3.5 Lessons for improved Implementation; 4 Conclusion
Kurzfassung:
Note References; Chapter 5: Planning Law Reforms in Africa: Case Studies From Uganda, South Africa and Nigeria; 1 Introduction: The Rationale for Planning Law Reforms in Africa; 2 Origin of Planning Laws in Africa; 2.1 Land-Use Segregationist Policies; 3 Context and Content of Planning-Law Reforms in Some African Countries; 3.1 The Case of Uganda; 3.2 The Case of South Africa; 3.3 The Nigerian Situation; 4 Planning Law Reforms and the Morphology of African Cities; 5 Contemporary Challenges of Planning-Law Reforms; 6 The Urgency for Relevant Planning-Law Reform; 7 Conclusion; References
Kurzfassung:
Part II: Issues and Challenges in Urban Governance Chapter 6: 'Programmed to Serve': Urban Planning and Elite Interests in Zimbabwe; 1 Introduction; 2 Framework for Analysis; 3 Planning and Elite Interests in Harare; 3.1 Promoting Elitist Visions of Order and Modernity; 3.2 Facilitating Primitive Accumulation; 3.3 Defending Elite Interests; 4 On the Subservience of Planning to Elite Interests; 5 Conclusion; Notes; References; Interviews; Chapter 7: Urban Planning: When Mining Companies Take on Government's Role-Public-Private Collaboration in Regional Development in Guinea; 1 Introduction
Kurzfassung:
1 Introduction / Carlos Nunes Silva. - Part I: Decentralization and planning law reforms. - 2 Local government and urban governance in lusophone African countries: from colonial centralism to post-colonial slow decentralization / Carlos Nunes Silva. - 3 Urban governance in a developed Kenya / Ellen M. Bassett. - 4 Decentralization in Africa: local government and health care in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania / Daniel Kweku Baah Inkoom and Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong. - 5 Planning law reforms in Africa: case studies from Uganda, South Africa and Nigeria / Babatunde Samuel Agbola and Olusegun Joseph Falola. - Part II: Issues and challenges in urban governance. - 6 'Programmed to serve': urban planning and elite interests in Zimbabwe / Amin Y. Kamete. - 7 Urban planning: when mining companies take on government's role - public private collaboration in regional development in Guinea / Pascal Rey and Anai͏̈s Weber. - 8 Strategies of urban inclusion in the imagined modern Luanda / Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues. - 9 The rising "Floating Class" in Sub-Saharan Africa and its impact on local governance: insights from Mozambique / Anna Mazzolini. - 10 New urbanities: exploitation of water resources in return for a dream - the case of Kigamboni in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Maria Chiara Pastore. - 11 Public spaces in Constantine, Algeria: between discourse and reality / Nadia Chabi and Khalil Bouhadjar. - 12 Limits of acceptable change and heritage management on the Island of Mozambique / magarita Gómez Salas de Schetter and Oliver Schetter. - Part III: Citizen participation in urban governance. - 13 Stakeholder contribution to municipal planning in Mozambique: an ovbious response? - the case of Imhambane / Oliver Schetter. - 14 Urban Practices and planning. A Moroccan case study / Heide Studer. - 15 My water, my choice! The role of citizens in ensuring equitable access to water in Soweto East Village - Nairobi / Jacqueline Walubwa
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1 Introduction / Carlos Nunes Silva. - Part I: Decentralization and planning law reforms. - 2 Local government and urban governance in lusophone African countries: from colonial centralism to post-colonial slow decentralization / Carlos Nunes Silva. - 3 Urban governance in a developed Kenya / Ellen M. Bassett. - 4 Decentralization in Africa: local government and health care in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania / Daniel Kweku Baah Inkoom and Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong. - 5 Planning law reforms in Africa: case studies from Uganda, South Africa and Nigeria / Babatunde Samuel Agbola and Olusegun Joseph Falola. - Part II: Issues and challenges in urban governance. - 6 'Programmed to serve': urban planning and elite interests in Zimbabwe / Amin Y. Kamete. - 7 Urban planning: when mining companies take on government's role - public private collaboration in regional development in Guinea / Pascal Rey and Anaïs Weber. - 8 Strategies of urban inclusion in the imagined modern Luanda / Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues. - 9 The
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