Abstract from the publisher :
Small towns have often been considered as unimportant and have been largely ignored by policy-makers and researchers. Instead, attention was focussed on the large city or on rural development and agricultural change…
Abstract from the publisher :
This book present some examples of the richness and variety of contemporary research on rural-urban interactions by francophone researchers. Case studies are drawn from Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Benin,…
Extract from the Foreword by Heitor Gurgulino de Souza :
With contributions from prominent urban planning scholars and experts in Africa, The Urban Challenge in Africa: Growth and Management of Its Large Cities, edited by Professor Carole Rakodi of…
Extrait de l'avant-propos :
L’Afrique s’urbanise vite. Dans cet essai synthétique, Christine Kessides analyse les principaux aspects des défis particuliers que doit affronter l’Afrique subsaharienne face à sa…
Abstract from the publisher :
, is it a historical core, a business district or no physical location at all? Food for a lengthy palaver.
Out of the central theme, three sub-themes were distilled to enable in-depth debate: (1) the African City…
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…
The 3rd European conference on African studies included a number of panels and papers on the subject of cities and urban studies, some of which are freely available as full text (see list below - only full-text papers on topics related to urban…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Miroir des transformations et des mutations permanentes, la ville est-elle le reflet privilégié des échanges entre tradition et modernité ? Est-elle le lieu de reconstruction de…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Au premier abord, Johannesburg déroute. Une impression de vide domine. Son âme ? Fragmentaire, fondée sur la séparation totale, réussie, achevée et persistante,…
Les auteurs de cet ouvrage sont des universitaires français et sud-africains. Leurs contributions visent à comprendre comment les différentes équipes de gestion de la ville du Cap se sont efforcées de gérer…