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The urban challenge in Africa : Growth and management of its large cities

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The urban challenge in Africa : Growth and management of its large cities

Sujet

Africa, Afrique, urbanisation, croissance urbaine, mégapole, développement urbain, dynamiques urbaines, gouvernance, mondialisation, Cairo, Le Caire, Johannesburg, Lagos, Kinshasa, Abidjan, Nairobi, Rakodi Carole

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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 the University of Wales, Cardiff, represents the latest in a series of books from the United Nations University Programme on Mega-cities and Urban Development.

Africa, long thought of as one of the least urbanized continents, will likely have over one half of its population in urban areas by 2020. The Urban Challenge in Africa introduces and highlights many important development issues in Africa. In addition to chapters on individual cities including Cairo, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, and Lagos, the book also explores important sectoral issues such as property markets, urban governance, and urban-rural linkages.
 
Contents :
 
Foreword

1 Introduction

Part I Globalization and Africa: The challenge of urban growth

2 Global forces, urban change, and urban management in Africa
3 Urbanization, globalization, and economic crisis in Africa

Part II The "mega-cities" of Africa

4 The challenge of urban growth in Cairo
5 Johannesburg: A city and metropolitan area in transformation
6 The challenges of growth and development in metropolitan Lagos
7 Kinshasa: A reprieved mega-city?
8 Abidjan: From the public making of a modern city to urban management of a metropolis
9 Nairobi: National capital and regional hub

Part III The dynamics of city development

10 Globalization or informalization? African urban economies in the 1990s
11 Residential property markets in African cities
12 The state and civil society: Politics, government, and social organization in African cities
13 Urban lives: Adopting new strategies and adapting rural links

Part IV Rising to the challenge
14 Towards appropriate urban development policy in emerging mega-cities in Africa
15 Urban management: The recent experience

16 Conclusion   Carole Rakodi is Emeritus Professor and Director of the Religions and Development Research Programme in the International Development Department, the University of Birmingham.  

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Éditeur

United Nations University Press

Date

1997

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Ouvrage

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http://unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu26ue/uu26ue00.htm#Contents