Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa

ISBN-13: 9781032086545 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 388 str.

Carlos Nunes Silva

Opis

This handbook contributes with new evidence and new insights to the on-going debate on the de-colonization of knowledge on urban planning in Africa.

Spis treści

1. Ancient, Colonial and Post-Colonial Urban Planning in Africa - An Introduction  Part 1: Colonial Urban Planning and Pre-Colonial Urban Heritage in Africa  2. The Birth of a Town. Indigenous Planning and Colonial Intervention in Bolgatanga, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast  3. History of the Urban Planning of the City of Zinder in the Niger Republic  4. Mise En Valeur and Repopulation in Colonial Rural Development in French Morocco  5. Infrastructure and Urban Planning: The Port and City of Algiers under French Colonial Rule, 19th - 20th Century  6. Living in Lourenco Marques in the Early 20th Century: Urban Planning, Development and Well-Being  7. Colonizing and Infra-Structureing the Angolan Territory Through Colonist Settlements: The Case of the Cela Settlement  8. Diamang's Urban Project - Between the Peace of Versailles and the Colonial Act  Part 2: Post-Colonial Urban Planning in Africa  9. Local Governance and Urban Planning: Centralization, De-Concentration and Decentralization in Africa  10. The Resilience, Adaptability and Transformation of the South African Planning Profession  11. Setting Standards and Competencies for Planners  12. African Design and Ciam Expansion after the Charter of Athens  13. To Survey, Control and Design: Doxiadis and Fathy on Africa's Future and Identity, 1959-63  14. New Towns in Algeria: Planned Process to Control the Accelerated Urbanization, Case of Sidi Abdellah and Ali Mendjeli  15. Emergent Urbanism in Angola and Mozambique: Management of the Unknown  16. The Africanisation of Public Space in South Africa: A Moment of Opportunity 17. Missed the Stop? Incremental Upgrading or Waiting For Housing in Buffalo City  18. Framing Power in Co-Production Engagements in Kampala City, Uganda  19. Power-Shifts in the Organisational Landscapes of Transport Provision - The Introduction of BRT in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam  20. Informality, Urban Transport Infrastructure, and the Lessons of History in Accra, Ghana  21. Moroccan Towns - Nourishing Urban Spaces?  22. Planning for less Planning: Supporting Informal Food Systems in Nairobi 

O autorze

Carlos Nunes Silva, Geographer, PhD, is Professor Auxiliar at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is the Chair of the IGU Commission on ‘Geography of Governance’ and the founding editor-in-chief of the ‘International Journal of E-Planning Research’.