Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa

This book explores the changing dynamics and challenges behind the rapid expanse of Africa’s urban population. Africa’s urban age is underway. With the world’s fastest growing urban population, the continent is rapidly transforming from one that is largely rural, to one that is largely urban. Often...

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description This book explores the changing dynamics and challenges behind the rapid expanse of Africa’s urban population. Africa’s urban age is underway. With the world’s fastest growing urban population, the continent is rapidly transforming from one that is largely rural, to one that is largely urban. Often facing limited budgets, those tasked with managing African cities require empirical evidence on the nature of demands for infrastructure, escalating environmental hazards, and ever-expanding informal settlements. Drawing on the work of the African Urban Research Initiative, this book brings together contributions from local researchers investigating key themes and challenges within their own contexts. An important example of urban knowledge coproduction, the book demonstrates the regional diversity that can be seen as the main feature of African urbanism, with even well-accepted concepts such as informality manifesting in markedly different ways from place to place. Providing an important nuanced perspective on the heterogeneity of African cities and the challenges they face, this book will be an important resource for researchers across development studies, African studies, and urban studies.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-270222025-07-30T08:59:33Z Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa Marrengane, Ntombini Croese, Sylvia Urban communities Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies This book explores the changing dynamics and challenges behind the rapid expanse of Africa’s urban population. Africa’s urban age is underway. With the world’s fastest growing urban population, the continent is rapidly transforming from one that is largely rural, to one that is largely urban. Often facing limited budgets, those tasked with managing African cities require empirical evidence on the nature of demands for infrastructure, escalating environmental hazards, and ever-expanding informal settlements. Drawing on the work of the African Urban Research Initiative, this book brings together contributions from local researchers investigating key themes and challenges within their own contexts. An important example of urban knowledge coproduction, the book demonstrates the regional diversity that can be seen as the main feature of African urbanism, with even well-accepted concepts such as informality manifesting in markedly different ways from place to place. Providing an important nuanced perspective on the heterogeneity of African cities and the challenges they face, this book will be an important resource for researchers across development studies, African studies, and urban studies. 2021-02-10T13:09:01Z 2021-02-10T13:09:01Z 2020-11-24T08:59:54Z 2021 book ONIX_20201124_9781000333411_3 ONIX_20201124_9781000333411_3 OCN: 1250404936 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43070 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27022 eng Routledge Studies in Cities and Development open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43070/1/9781000333411.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43070/1/9781000333411.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43070/1/9781000333411.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43070/1/9781000333411.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003008385 10.4324/9781003008385 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Routledge 224 open access
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Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa
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title_fullStr Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa
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title_short Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa
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Development studies
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities
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topic_facet Urban communities
Development studies
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