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

The urban challenge in Africa growth and management of its large cities

In this work, scholars examine the growth of the largest cities in Africa. It is revealed that the new phase of globalization has reinforced the continent's marginalization, impoverishment, indebtedness, and lack of policy autonomy, rather than leading to economic growth and diversification.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rakodi, Carole (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : United Nations University Press 1997.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Carole Rakodi
  • Globalization and Africa: the challenge of urban growth
  • Global forces, urban change, and urban management in Africa / Carole Rakodi
  • Urbanization, globalization, and economic crisis in Africa / David Simon
  • The "mega-cities" of Africa
  • The challenge of urban growth in Cairo / Mahmoud Yousry, Tarek A. Aboul Atta
  • Johannesburg: a city and metropolitan area in transformation / Keith S. O. Beavon
  • The challenges of growth and development in metropolitan Lagos / Josephine Olu Abiodun
  • Kinshasa: a reprieved mega-city? / Jean-Luc Piermay
  • Abidjan: from the public making of a modern city to urban management of a metropolis / Alain Dubresson
  • Nairobi: national capital and regional hub / R. A. Obudho
  • The dynamics of city development
  • Globalization or informalization? African urban economies in the 1990s / Christian M. Rogerson
  • Residential property markets in African cities / Carole Rakodi
  • The state and civil society: politics, government, and social organization in African cities / Tade Akin Aina
  • Urban lives: adopting new strategies and adapting rural links / Deborah Potts
  • Rising to the challenge
  • Towards appropriate urban development policy in emerging mega-cities in Africa / Salah El-Shakhs
  • Urban management: the recent experience / Kadmiel H. Wekwete
  • Conclusion / Carole Rakodi.

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