LEADER 03565nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910822747103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-49138-4 010 $a1-283-45900-0 010 $a9786613459008 010 $a1-136-49139-2 010 $a0-203-13822-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203138229 035 $a(CKB)2670000000148532 035 $a(EBL)957778 035 $a(OCoLC)798534101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000611975 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11394266 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611975 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10666583 035 $a(PQKB)10416289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957778 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957778 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535098 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL345900 035 $a(OCoLC)782918618 035 $a(OCoLC)781555117 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB140235 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000148532 100 $a20110816d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGreen infrastructure for sustainable urban design in Africa /$fJohn Abbott 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAbingdon, Oxon [UK] ;$aN.Y., NY $cEarthscan$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (513 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84971-472-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGreen Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development in Africa; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The failure of western intervention in Africa; Chapter 2 The evolution of urban development; Chapter 3 How modern urban infrastructure evolved; Chapter 4 Transferring the British infrastructure model to Africa; Chapter 5 Decentralisation and urban infrastructure; Chapter 6 Urbanisation in Ethiopia; Chapter 7 From engineering to infrastructure: changing the urban paradigm; Chapter 8 Rethinking urban development in Africa 327 $aChapter 9 A model for green infrastructureChapter 10 Green urban infrastructure in practice: mediating urban resource flows; Chapter 11 Green infrastructure and urban governance; Chapter 12 Building African cities for a sustainable future; Notes; References; Index 330 $aThis book shows for the first time how green infrastructure can work in an African urban context. On one level it provides a major rethinking of the role of infrastructure in urban society since the creation of networked infrastructure in the early twentieth century. On another, it explores the changing paradigms of urban development through the fundamental question of how decisions are made.With a focus on Africa's fast-growing secondary towns, where 70 per cent of the urban population live, the book explains how urban infrastructure provides the key to the relationship between econ 606 $aSustainable urban development$zAfrica 606 $aSustainable urban development$xGovernment policy$zAfrica 606 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$zAfrica 606 $aCity planning$zAfrica 615 0$aSustainable urban development 615 0$aSustainable urban development$xGovernment policy 615 0$aUrban ecology (Sociology) 615 0$aCity planning 676 $a307.1416096 700 $aAbbott$b John$f1947-$01678889 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822747103321 996 $aGreen infrastructure for sustainable urban design in Africa$94046803 997 $aUNINA