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Cities with 'slums': From informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa

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Organisers' description: The UN’s Development target to improve the lives of 100 million ‘slum’ dwellers has been inappropriately communicated as a target to free cities of slums. Cities with ‘Slums’: from informal…

Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, bidonville, droit à la ville, habitants, Huchzermeyer Marie, informal settlement, politique urbaine, quartier informel, renouvellement urbain, slum clearance

Capital cities in Africa: Power and powerlessness

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Abstract from the publisher: Capital cities today remain central to both nations and states. They host centres of political power, not only national, but in some cases regional and global as well, thus offering major avenues to success, wealth and…

Mots-clés: Abuja, Africa, African city, Afrique, architecture, Bekker Simon, Bloemfontein, Brazzaville, Cape Town, capital city, capitale, Conakry, Dakar, démographie, espace urbain, forme urbaine, gouvernance, Johannesburg, Lagos, Le Cap, Lomé, Luanda, Maputo, Nairobi, politique de la ville, Pretoria, Therborn Göran, urbanisation, ville africaine

Associational life in African cities : Popular responses to the urban crisis

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Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, association, civil society, foncier, gouvernance, infrastructures, interaction sociale, logement, pauvreté, pays en développement, religion, service public, société civile, Tostensen Arne, Tvedten Inge, Vaa Mariken

African urbanism

Organisers' description : Africa is the fastest urbanising region in the world, and has become the focus of increasing attention from architects and planners, academics, development agencies and urban think-tanks. Professor Edgar Pieterse argues for…

Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, croissance urbaine, économie, Pieterse Edgar, urbanisation

African migration and urbanization in comparative perspective

Abstract from the publisher : In June 2003, PUM presided over a symposium that evaluated migration and urbanization in developing African countries in light of comparative evidence from Asia and Latin America. Organizing the conference also…

Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, health, migration urbaine, santé, system, système, urbanisation

African metropolitan architecture

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Abstract from the publisher: The architecture and built environment of African cities are documented in groundbreaking photographs by acclaimed architect David Adjaye. David Adjaye is renowned for his highly acclaimed buildings in Europe and the…

Mots-clés: Adjaye David, Africa, Afrique, architecture, built environment, cadre bâti, environnement urbain, photographie

African cities, a catalyst for change

Organisers' description : We hear a lot about the poverty and chaos of African cities, but in this edition of Amsterdam Forum, urbanist Abdoumaliq Simone argues that there is also a ferment of resourcefulness that makes cities vibrant places. It…

Mots-clés: Afrique, développement urbain, mutation urbaine, pays en développement, Simone AbdouMaliq, société urbaine

African cities reader II: Mobilities and fixtures

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Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, culture urbaine, Edjabe Ntone, littérature, mobilité, Pieterse Edgar, urbanité

African cities reader I: Pan-African practices

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Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, art, culture urbaine, Edjabe Ntone, littérature, Pieterse Edgar, urbanité

African cities : Alternative visions of urban theory and practice

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Abstract from the publisher : As African societies come to live more and more in cities, they do so in ways that challenge prevailing theories and models of urban development in geography, sociology, anthropology, and planning. In this…

Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, cosmopolitisme, informal city, Myers Garth, post-colonial city, ville informelle, ville postcoloniale

(Re)reading the African urban landscape : Postamble (Vol. 4, No. 2)

From the editorial by Emma Vivian O'Shaughnessy : We hope that this edition of postamble presents avenues through which readers can imagine a different type of urban language, one that accommodates the differences between all the world’s…

Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, espace urbain, film, littérature, O'Shaughnessy Emma Vivian, paysage urbain, photographie, santé

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