Planning In Contemporary Africa

Author : Ambe J. Njoh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351910842

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Planning in Contemporary Africa by Ambe J. Njoh Pdf

Why do authorities in post-colonial African states continue to employ European or Western planning models? What are the implications for different societal groups of adopting such models? Several decades following independence, this outstanding volume provides in-depth empirical research to uncover the answers to such questions. The book focuses in particular on Cameroon, the only African country to have been colonized by three different European powers: Germany, Britain and France. It discusses the nature of the state in peripheral capitalist countries and sets current planning and land use policies in their historical, colonial and post-colonial contexts. The author then proceeds to examine key planning issues such as housing, land ownership, sustainable development, environmental and waste management, transportation, infrastructure and gender. In addition to analyzing the impact of colonialism and imperialism on the built environment in Cameroon in particular and sub-Saharan Africa in general, the book also addresses global issues about urbanism and will be particularly relevant to those interested in planning, regional studies and development, and development geography.

Author : Carlos Nunes Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317003571

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Urban Planning in North Africa by Carlos Nunes Silva Pdf

There has been relatively little written on the history of urban planning in North Africa, despite the wealth of towns and cities in this region which date back to Antiquity. The book explores the history of urban planning in North Africa and the challenges confronting contemporary urban planning in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. It examines the transnational flow of planning ideas during the colonial period, namely through the French, British, and Italian colonial presence, and the Portuguese and Spanish influences as well, and discusses key challenges currently confronting urban planning in the major urban centers in the region. The fifteen chapters that constitute the book offer an informed analysis of the history of urban planning in North Africa, covering the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods.

Author : John Hunter Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Eastern Cape (South Africa)
ISBN : 1350219576

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Development Planning in South Africa by John Hunter Reynolds Pdf

Introduction -- 1. The state and state policy: a theoretical perspective -- 2. The post-apartheid South African state and economy -- 3. Overview of the provincial growth and development planning process -- 4. Provincial government political priorities 2002-2004 -- 5. Preparing for the writing of the PGDP Strategy Framework -- 6. Development of the PGDP Strategy Framework -- 7. Developing PGDP programmes and gearing for implementation -- Conclusion.

Author : Carlos Nunes Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317753162

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Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa by Carlos Nunes Silva Pdf

Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are unequally confronted with social, economic and environmental challenges, particularly those related with population growth, urban sprawl, and informality. This complex and uneven African urban condition requires an open discussion of past and current urban planning practices and future reforms. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa gives a broad perspective of the history of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa and a critical view of issues, problems, challenges and opportunities confronting urban policy makers. The book examines the rich variety of planning cultures in Africa, offers a unique view on the introduction and development of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa, and makes a significant contribution against the tendency to over-generalize Africa’s urban problems and Africa’s urban planning practices. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa is written for postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates, researchers, planners and other policy makers in the multidisciplinary field of Urban Planning, in particular for those working in Spatial Planning, Architecture, Geography, and History.

Author : Meleckidzedeck Khayesi,Francis Nyongesa Wegulo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031060892

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The Palgrave Handbook of Urban Development Planning in Africa by Meleckidzedeck Khayesi,Francis Nyongesa Wegulo Pdf

Where can one get a synthesis of research findings on urban development planning in Africa? This book addresses this gap in knowledge by distilling existing research to provide insights into theories, research designs, empirical findings and approaches on urban development planning in Africa. Starting with the overall planning culture and strategies, the book chapters move on to specific themes such as governance, population, poverty, water, recreation, transport, agriculture, air quality and rural-urban linkages. This book reduces the prevailing risk of unnecessary duplication of research and the inadequate attention that is being given to extending research in new areas. This situation has partly been due to existing research remaining scattered in different organizations and publications and has not been subjected to critical synthesis to unearth any new developments that it contains. The book makes available research findings to be utilized in current and future urban development planning in Africa.

Author : Ambe J. Njoh
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042568124

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Urban Planning, Housing and Spatial Structures in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ambe J. Njoh Pdf

Breaking with tradition, this volume identifies the causes of underdevelopment in sub–Saharan Africa by linking historical experience of colonial development policies with their current development problems. This book analyzes the impact of urban and regional planning schemes with (European) colonial roots, for contemporary socio-economic development efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Carlos Nunes Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351271820

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Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa by Carlos Nunes Silva Pdf

This handbook contributes with new evidence and new insights to the on-going debate on the de-colonization of knowledge on urban planning in Africa. African cities grew rapidly since the mid-20th century, in part due to rising rural migration and rapid internal demographic growth that followed the independence in most African countries. This rapid urbanization is commonly seen as a primary cause of the current urban management challenges with which African cities are confronted. This importance given to rapid urbanization prevented the due consideration of other dimensions of the current urban problems, challenges and changes in African cities. The contributions to this handbook explore these other dimensions, looking in particular to the nature and capacity of local self-government and to the role of urban governance and urban planning in the poor urban conditions found in most African cities. It deals with current and contemporary urban challenges and urban policy responses, but also offers an historical overview of local governance and urban policies during the colonial period in the late 19th and 20th centuries, offering ample evidence of common features, and divergent features as well, on a number of facets, from intra-urban racial segregation solutions to the relationships between the colonial power and the natives, to the assimilation policy, as practiced by the French and Portuguese and the Indirect Rule put in place by Britain in some or in part of its colonies. Using innovative approaches to the challenges confronting the governance of African cities, this handbook is an essential read for students and scholars of Urban Africa, urban planning in Africa and African Development.

Author : Rachel Keeton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9463663134

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African New Towns. An Adaptive, Principle-based Planning Approach by Rachel Keeton Pdf

Since the economic shifts of the 1990s, New Towns have become an increasingly popular approach to urban development across the African continent. While New Towns are not a new development model, their contemporary materialisation often targets middle- and high-income buyers, leaving no space for low-income residents. Strict regulations in these exclusive developments often impede spatial appropriations by the informal sector such as fresh markets, unregulated housing, street kiosks and ?public? transit options. As a result, this approach may exacerbate spatial segregation and increase the visibility of economic inequality.0This research addresses contemporary African New Towns as a group through the lens of urban design, identifying shared spatial challenges across a dataset of 146 New Towns. Through three case studies (Sheikh Zayed City, Egypt; BuraNEST, Ethiopia, and Kilamba, Angola) it takes a deeper look at the idiosyncrasies of individual New Towns, and the diversity of examples within this group. By bringing together wider trends with the case studies, this study translates challenges into potentials for future New Towns in the form of adaptive planning and design principles. Through a series of semi-structured interviews, transdisciplinary workshops and Research Through Design exercises, the principles are tested, refined, and validated by peer review.0The study concludes that these principles can be an effective starting tool for developers, planners, and decision-makers initiating New Towns in Africa. It also concludes that the principles must be adapted locally according to geographic, political, and social contexts and urgencies.

Author : Ernest Aryeetey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082372413

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Planning African Growth and Development by Ernest Aryeetey Pdf

Author : Ambe J Njoh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351878326

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Tradition, Culture and Development in Africa by Ambe J Njoh Pdf

The fact that Africa continues to lag behind all regions of the world on every indicator of development is hardly contentious. However, there is fierce debate on why this should be the case, despite national and international efforts to reverse this situation. While this book does not attempt to answer this question per se, it addresses a largely ignored, but important issue, which might provide some insights into the matter. This issue is the link between culture/tradition and socio-economic development in Africa. By weaving a common thread through these concepts, this book breaks new ground in the discourse on development. It highlights the differences between Euro-centric culture, which is rooted in capitalist ideology and Protestant ethic, and traditional African culture, where concepts such as capital accumulation, entrepreneurial attitudes and material wealth are not of top priority. In doing so, it dispels popular myths, stereotypes and distortions, as well as discounting misleading accounts about major aspects of African culture and traditional practices.

Author : James Duminy,Jørgen Andreasen,Fred Lerise
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137307958

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Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa by James Duminy,Jørgen Andreasen,Fred Lerise Pdf

This book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South. It provides an introduction to the case study methodology and features examples of its application to planning research and education on the continent.

Author : T. Falola,E. Mbah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137444134

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Contemporary Africa by T. Falola,E. Mbah Pdf

60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism.

Author : Ambe J. Njoh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781317003649

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Urban Planning and Public Health in Africa by Ambe J. Njoh Pdf

Established indicators of development suggest that, as a group, African countries lag behind their counterparts in other regions with respect to public health. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that the public health problems of these countries are rooted in preventable causes associated with hygiene and sanitation. It is customary to attribute the problems that ail Africa to the lack of financial resources. This book deviates from convention by suggesting non-financial factors as the source of sanitation problems on the continent, and argues the need to re-connect urban planning to public health. These two professions are consanguine relatives and emerged to combat the negative externalities of the industrial revolution and concomitant urbanization. However, with the passage of time, the professions drifted apart. Today, more than ever, there is a need for the two to be re-connected. This need is rooted in the increasing complexity of urban problems whose resolution requires interdisciplinary initiatives. To this end, there is hardly any question that urban public health initiatives are unlikely to succeed without the collaboration of both public health and urban planning experts. The book recognizes this truism, and stands as the first major academic work to demonstrate the inextricably intertwined nature of urban planning and urban public health in Africa.

Author : Liora Bigon,Eric Ross
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030295264

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Grid Planning in the Urban Design Practices of Senegal by Liora Bigon,Eric Ross Pdf

This book is the first to trace the genealogy of an indigenous grid-pattern settlement design practice in Africa, and more specifically in Senegal. It does so by analyzing how the precolonial grid-plan design tradition of this country has become entangled with French colonial urban grid-planning, and with present-day, hybrid, planning cultures. By thus, it transcends the classic precolonial-colonial-postcolonial metahistorical divides. This properly illustrated book consists of five chapters, including an introductory chapter (historiography, theory and context) and a concluding chapter. The chapters’ text has both a chronological and thematic rationale, aimed at enhancing Islamic Studies by situating sub-Saharan Africa’s urbanism within mainstream research on the Muslim World; and at contributing directly to the wider project of de-Eurocentrizing urban planning history by developing a more inclusive, truly global, urban history.

Author : Genet Alem Gebregiorgis,Stefan Greiving,Ally Hassan Namangaya,Wilbard Jackson Kombe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031065507

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Planning Cities in Africa by Genet Alem Gebregiorgis,Stefan Greiving,Ally Hassan Namangaya,Wilbard Jackson Kombe Pdf

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.