ISBN:
9781780325200
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 309 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Africa's urban revolution
DDC:
320.96
Keywords:
Stadtgeographie
;
Urbanisierung
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Stadtsoziologie
;
Afrika
;
Rural-urban migration -- Africa
;
Urbanization -- Africa
;
Verstädterung
;
Stadt
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Stadtplanung
;
Infrastruktur
;
Dezentralisation
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Lebensmittelversorgung
;
Verkehr
;
Entwicklung
;
Tendenz
;
Electronic books
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Afrika
;
Stadtgeografie
Abstract:
The facts of Africa's rapid urbanisation are startling. By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million people and over half the continent's population will be urban. Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners associated with the African Centre for Cities and utilising a diverse array of case studies, this book gives a comprehensive insight to the key issues - demographic, cultural, political, technical, environmental and economic - surrounding African urbanisation
Description / Table of Contents:
Front cover; About the editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures, tables and box; Acknowledgements; 1 Africa's urban revolution in context; So what if Africa is urban?; Notes; References; 2 Conflict and post-war transition in African cities; Introduction; Three forms of conflict and their implications for urban areas; African cities in the midst of sovereign and civil conflict; Post-war urbanism; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3 Sub-Saharan African urbanisation and global environmental change; Introduction; Global environmental change: trends and predictions for Africa
Description / Table of Contents:
Defining and deciphering African urbanisation and migrationConclusion: growth, mobility and displacement under conditions of environmental change; Note; References; 4 Linking urbanisation and development in Africa's economic revival; Introduction; A bleak urban future?; Favourable economic prospects?; The need for diversification; The role of geography and urbanisation; A resource curse for urban areas?; Can cities help build more integrated economies?; Measuring the relationship between urbanisation and growth; Evidence from Africa; Conclusion; Notes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Religion and social life in African citiesIntroduction; Perspectives on social change; Religion in context; Religion in African cities; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Feeding African cities: the growing challenge of urban food insecurity; Introduction; Methodology; Levels of food insecurity in poor urban neighbourhoods; Incomes and food access; Food sourcing; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Note; References; 7 Transport pressures in urban Africa: practices, policies, perspectives; Transport and travel: practices and policies
Description / Table of Contents:
Perspectives on urban transport: evidence, conscience, imaginationNotes; References; 8 Decentralisation and institutional reconfiguration in urban Africa; Introduction; Institutional underpinnings of the African urban crisis; Institutional reform agenda for Africa; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9 The challenge of urban planning law reform in African cities; Introduction; Questions that need answers; Who thinks that planning laws should change?; The importance of planning law in Africa; Going forward: can planning law reform be improved?; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
10 The education and research imperatives of urban planning professionals in AfricaIntroduction; The state of planning systems in Africa; The state of professional planning in Africa; The imperatives of planning practice in Africa; The case study methodology in research and education; Conclusion; Note; References; 11 Filling the void: an agenda for tackling African urbanisation; Drivers of urban failure; Taking action; Building blocks of a new urban practice; Taking this agenda forward; Conclusion; Notes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Infrastructure, real economies and social transformation: assembling the components for regional urban development in Africa
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