The West African City

Author : Anthony O'Connor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135671358

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This book explores various characteristics of tropical African cities, with special reference to change in the post-independence period. It stresses the diversity of urban forms and urban experience to be found within the region, distinguishing the more general features from those peculiar to individual cities. Much has been written about urban Africa, but nearly all relates to particular cities: this book provides a context for such studies. This review provides an essential foundation both for theoretical clarification of the processes of urbanization and for practical planning decisions. The topics covered range from rural-urban migration and national urban systems to the urban economy, housing , and the spatial structure of cities. The sharp contrasts between indigenous and colonial urban traditions are emphasized, but so also is the evidence for convergence today, as indigenization takes place in the colonial cities while Westernization proceeds ini those of indigenous origin. This book was first published in 1983.

Author : Jérôme Chenal
Publisher : EPFL Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780415750219

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Rapid growth, unmanageable cities, urban crisis, macrocephali... The cities of west Africa are no longer ‘plannable’ – at least not using traditional urban development tools. Without negating the importance of participatory processes in city creation, it nonetheless seems crucial to return to city plans and models, to what cities convey, and how they are built. But to understand the city in all its depth and richness, we must also hit the streets. The West African City proposes a dual perspective. At the urban scale, it analyses historical trajectories, spatial development, and urban planning documents to highlight the major trends beyond the plans. At the second level – that of public space – the street is discussed as the city’s lifeblood. By innovating approaches and testing new methods, The West African City offers an unconventional look at Nouakchott, Dakar and Abidjan, the three study sites for this investigation. The city of today, in Africa or elsewhere, must re-examine its many social, economic, cultural, political, and spatial dimensions; for this, urban research has begun challenging its own methods. This book is also the companion of Chenal's MOOC African cities.

Author : University of California, Los Angeles. African Studies Center
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Migration, Internal
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Urbanization and Migration in West Africa by University of California, Los Angeles. African Studies Center Pdf

Author : Jérôme Chenal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2889149730

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Author : Alain Durand-Lasserve,Maÿlis Durand-Lasserve,Harris Selod
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464804342

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Land Delivery Systems in West African Cities by Alain Durand-Lasserve,Maÿlis Durand-Lasserve,Harris Selod Pdf

This book proposes a new approach for a systemic and dynamic analysis of urban and peri-urban land markets in West Africa and applies it to Bamako, Mali. Based on a description of 'land delivery' processes, it sheds light on the challenges faced by the urban poor in accessing secure land.

Author : Bill Freund
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139459556

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This book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how present-day African cities cope in difficult times. Instead of seeing towns and cities as somehow extraneous to the real Africa, it views them as an inherent part of developing Africa, indigenous, colonial, and post-colonial and emphasizes the extent to which the future of African society and African culture will likely be played out mostly in cities. The book is written to appeal to students of history but equally to geographers, planners, sociologists and development specialists interested in urban problems.

Author : Margaret Peil
Publisher : Holmes & Meier Publishers
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015013889723

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Cities and Suburbs by Margaret Peil Pdf

Author : Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126885479

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The History of African Cities South of the Sahara by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch Pdf

Cities have existed in sub-Saharan Africa since antiquity. But only now are historians and archaeologists rediscovering their rich heritage: the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe and Congo, the harbor cities at the Indian Ocean, the capitals of the Bantu Kingdoms, the Atlantic cities from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and the urban revolutions in the 19th century. Mercantile cities opened Africa to the world, Islamic cities became centers of scholarship and the trans-Saharan trade, Creole cities appeared after the first contact with Europeans, and Bantu cities of the hinterland reacted against them. The author has gone through vast numbers of archival records and conducted independent field research to analyze and describe the rich history of African cities even long before imperial colonization began, and she continues her story until the time of urban reorganization during industrialization. The result is a colorful panorama of urban lifestyles including unique examples of architecture, and lasting traditions of ethnic, cultural, religious, and commercial forms of co-existence.

Author : Moriconi-Ebrard François,Harre Dominique,Heinrigs Philipp
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264252233

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West African Studies Urbanisation Dynamics in West Africa 1950–2010 Africapolis I, 2015 Update by Moriconi-Ebrard François,Harre Dominique,Heinrigs Philipp Pdf

In 1950, there were only 152 urban agglomerations in West Africa. Since then, the number of agglomerations has increased to almost 2 000 town and cities which are home to 41% of the region’s total population.

Author : OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264314306

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West African Studies Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography by OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club Pdf

This report, based on the Africapolis geo-spatial database (www.africapolis.org) covering 7 600 urban agglomerations in 50 African countries, provides detailed analyses of major African urbanisation dynamics placed within historical, environmental and political contexts.

Author : Abdou Maliqalim Simone
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822334453

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For the City Yet to Come by Abdou Maliqalim Simone Pdf

DIVA study of how colonial and postcolonial legacies manifest in African cities and African urban planning./div

Author : OECD,United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,African Development Bank
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264770867

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West African Studies Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2022 The Economic Power of Africa’s Cities by OECD,United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,African Development Bank Pdf

This report provides a new perspective on Africa’s urban economies that is unique in its breadth and level of detail. Based on data from more than 4 million individuals and firms in 2 600 cities across 34 countries, it presents compelling evidence that urbanisation contributes to better economic outcomes and higher living standards.

Author : Michael Banton
Publisher : London, Oxford U.P
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Freetown (Sierra Leone)
ISBN : UCAL:B4449671

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West African City by Michael Banton Pdf

Author : Mary Kingsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108022019

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West African Studies by Mary Kingsley Pdf

This best-selling narrative of an Englishwoman's observations on West Africa was first published in 1899.

Author : Kristin Mann
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253117083

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Slavery and the Birth of an African City by Kristin Mann Pdf

As the slave trade entered its last, illegal phase in the 19th century, the town of Lagos on West Africa's Bight of Benin became one of the most important port cities north of the equator. Slavery and the Birth of an African City explores the reasons for Lagos's sudden rise to power. By linking the histories of international slave markets to those of the regional suppliers and slave traders, Kristin Mann shows how the African slave trade forever altered the destiny of the tiny kingdom of Lagos. This magisterial work uncovers the relationship between African slavery and the growth of one of Africa's most vibrant cities.