Planning Cities in Africa

This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delive...

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description This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth. This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-922752025-08-13T13:42:29Z Planning Cities in Africa Alem Gebregiorgis, Genet Greiving, Stefan Namangaya, Ally Hassan Kombe, Wilbard Jackson African Cities Planning Theory Urban Resilience Planning Education Co-production Climate Change Adaptation planning in Africa Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Climate Change Sustainable Growth thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth. This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management. 2022-09-22T04:06:56Z 2022-09-22T04:06:56Z 2022-09-15T20:13:51Z 2022 book ONIX_20220915_9783031065507_24 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58373 9783031065507 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92275 eng The Urban Book Series open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/58373/1/978-3-031-06550-7.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/58373/1/978-3-031-06550-7.pdf Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-031-06550-7 10.1007/978-3-031-06550-7 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a b121d5f5-3868-46f8-a1c5-caa09ded20c0 9783031065507 Springer International Publishing 243 Cham [...] open access
spellingShingle African Cities
Planning Theory
Urban Resilience
Planning Education
Co-production
Climate Change Adaptation
planning in Africa
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Climate Change
Sustainable Growth
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes
Planning Cities in Africa
title Planning Cities in Africa
title_full Planning Cities in Africa
title_fullStr Planning Cities in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Planning Cities in Africa
title_short Planning Cities in Africa
title_sort planning cities in africa
topic African Cities
Planning Theory
Urban Resilience
Planning Education
Co-production
Climate Change Adaptation
planning in Africa
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Climate Change
Sustainable Growth
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes
topic_facet African Cities
Planning Theory
Urban Resilience
Planning Education
Co-production
Climate Change Adaptation
planning in Africa
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Climate Change
Sustainable Growth
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes
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