Africa's urban revolution / edited by Susan Parnell and Edgar Pieterse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parnell, Sue, editor.

Pieterse, E. A. (Edgar A.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Africa.

Urbanization.

Africa.

Physical Description:

x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Zed Books, 2014.

Summary:

The facts of Africa's rapid urbanisation are startling. By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million people and over half the continent's population will be urban. Yet in the minds of policy makers, scholars and much of the general public, Africa remains a quintessential rural place. This lack of awareness and robust analysis means it is difficult to make a policy case for a more overtly urban agenda. As a result, there is, across the continent, insufficient urgency to respond to the challenges and opportunities associated with the world's last major wave of urbanisation. Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners associated with the African Centre for Cities, and utilising a diverse array of case studies, Africa's Urban Revolution provides a comprehensive insight into the key issues - demographic, cultural, political, technical, environmental and economic - surrounding African urbanization. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Africa's urban revolution in context / Edgar Pieterse Pieterse, Edgar, Susan Parnell Parnell, Susan 1

2 Conflict and post-war transition in African cities / Jo Beall Beall, Jo, Tom Goodfellow Goodfellow, Tom 18

3 Sub-Saharan African urbanisation and global environmental change / Susan Parnell Parnell, Susan, Ruwani Walawege Walawege, Ruwani 35

4 Linking urbanisation and development in Africa's economic revival / Ivan Turok Turok, Ivan 60

5 Religion and social life in African cities / Carole Rakodi Rakodi, Carole 82

6 Feeding African cities: the growing challenge of urban food insecurity / Jonathan Crush Crush, Jonathan, Bruce Frayne Frayne, Bruce 110

7 Transport pressures in urban Africa: practices, policies, perspectives / Gordon Pirie Pirie, Gordon 133

8 Decentralisation and institutional reconfiguration in urban Africa / Warren Smit Smit, Warren, Edgar Pieterse Pieterse, Edgar 148

9 The challenge of urban planning law reform in African cities / Stephen Berrisford Berrisford, Stephen 167

10 The education and research imperatives of urban planning professionals in Africa / James Duminy Duminy, James, Nancy Odendaal Odendaal, Nancy, Vanessa Watson Watson, Vanessa 184

11 Filling the void: an agenda for tackling African urbanisation / Edgar Pieterse Pieterse, Edgar 200

12 Infrastructure, real economies and social transformation: assembling the components for regional urban development in Africa / AbdouMaliq Simone Simone, AbdouMaliq 221

13 National urbanisation and urban strategies: necessary but absent policy instruments in Africa / Susan Parnell Parnell, Susan, David Simon Simon, David 237

14 Urbanisation as a global historical process: theory and evidence from sub-Saharan Africa / Sean Fox Fox, Sean 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780325217

1780325215

1780325207

9781780325200

OCLC:

861648472