Reimagining urban planning in Africa / edited by Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, University of Melbourne, Eric Gaisie, University of Melbourne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful, editor.

Gaisie, Eric, 1989- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Africa.

City planning.

Urbanization--Africa.

Urbanization.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 344 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"This book contextualises major urban challenges such as climate change, rapid urbanisation, urban informality, and migration within the evolving planning systems of Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone Africa. It argues for the reimagination of urban planning, debating new institutionalism, gated communities, and smart mobility"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Reimagining African cities / Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Eric Gaisie

Annals of urban planning in Africa / Rhoda Mensah Darkwah and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

New cities in Africa and the reimagination of urban planning / Prosper Issahaku Korah and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

Informal settlements and pro-poor urban planning in African cities : the Luanda socio-historical narrative / Seth Asare Okyere, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Stephen Kofi Diko, Stephen Leonard Mensah and Euridice Lurdes Jorge Pedrosa

Urban planning and sustainable land governance in Africa : dialectics and dialogues / Uchendu Eugene Chigbu

Urban planning and climate change action in Africa / Eric Gaisie, Chati Jerry Tasantab and Oluwadunsin Ajulo

The proliferation of gated communities : towards reimagining urban planning in Ghana / Richmond Juvenile Ehwi

History, practices, challenges and opportunities of urban planning in Zimbabwe / Innocent Chirisa, Tinashe Bobo, Rumbidzai Mpahlo and Abraham Matamanda

The evolution and nature of urban planning in Nigeria / Ayobami Popoola, Nunyi Vachaku Blamah, Samuel Medayese, Olusegun Falola, Oluwafisayo D. Ogunmodede and Bolanle Wahab

Rethinking urban planning and informal settlement upgrading : density management for a post-COVID-19 era / Mpumelelo Phakathi

Urban planning challenges and slum/informal housing formation in Ogun State, Nigeria / Folasade Jokotade Odekunle, Gabriel Olabisi Adebayo and Oladimeji Abdulgafar Oyewole

The proliferation of slums in Cameroon : what do internal migrations mean for urban planning? / Jules Médard Nana Djomo and Boniface Ngah Epo

An overview of urban planning in Tanzania : from colonial to post-colonial urban planning practices / Nestory E. Yamungu, Manfred Spocter and Ronnie Donaldson

On the need for sustainable digital urban infrastructure in twenty-first-century South African cities / Stefan Chavez-Norgaard

The South African landownership struggle : a thematic commentary / Ayobami Popoola, Ockert Pretorius, Nunyi Vachaku Blamah, Mjabuliseni Nkosi and Mhlalisi Mndzebele

The 2030 agenda, climate urbanism and urban planning in Zimbabwe / Talent Moyo

Urban planning and quality of life of urban residents in Africa / Akeem Bayonle Ola

Realising rights in complex informal settlements contexts : the case of Mukuru informal settlements, Nairobi / Smith Ouma

Participatory design won’t fix unequal Southern African cities : but we should still do it, just better / Jhono Bennett

Enabling smart mobility in African cities : a critical perspective from South Africa / Dillip Kumar Das

On the future of urban planning in Africa / Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Eric Gaisie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 15, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Reimagining urban planning in Africa

ISBN:

9781009389457

1009389459

9781009389471

1009389475

OCLC:

1390560635

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license