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African cities [[electronic resource] ] : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers
| African cities [[electronic resource] ] : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers |
| Autore | Myers Garth Andrew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Africa
City and town life - Africa City planning - Africa Urbanization - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-133-3
1-283-07096-0 9786613070968 1-84813-510-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
About the author; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction; African cities, African studies, and urban studies; Alternative visions of theory and practice; Table 0.1 Population estimates for selected cities; table 0.1 Population estimates for selected cities; The plan of the book; 1 What if the postmetropolis is Lusaka?; Introduction; Figure 1.1 The pirates of Ng'ombe; figure 1.1 The pirates of Ng'ombe; The postmetropolis according to Soja; Postcolonial city; (I)n(f)ormal city; City governance; Wounded city; Cosmopolitan city; Conclusion; 2 Postcolonial cities
IntroductionFigure 2.1 Nyerere Square, Dodoma, Tanzania; figure 2.1 Nyerere Square, Dodoma, Tanzania; Colonialism and African cities; Table 2.1 Africa's largest cities; table 2.1 Africa's largest cities; Postcolonialism and African cities; Conclusion; 3 (I)n(f)ormal cities; Introduction; Defining (i)n(f)ormal settlements; Table 3.1 Percentage of male city residents employed in informal sectorby shelter deprivation status; table 3.1 Percentage of male city residents employed in informal sector by shelter deprivation status; Table 3.2 'Slum components' for selected cities Table 3.3 Percentage of the urban population in those cities' countrieslisted as being slum households in slum areastable 3.2 'Slum components' for selected cities; table 3.3 In the countries of the cities shown in Table 3.2, percentage of theurban population listed as being slum households in slum areas; Theorizing and planning for (i)n(f)ormality; Table 3.4 Changes over time in deprivation status for households inCape Town, Accra, and Dar es Salaam; Informal settlements in Cape Town, Accra, and Dar es Salaam table 3.4 Changes over time in deprivation status for households in Cape Town, Accra, and Dar es SalaamConclusion: toward hybrid governance in a relational city?; 4 Governing Africa's cities; Introduction; Urban governance; Governance outcomes; Justice; Zanzibar; Considering the Zanzibar case more broadly; Conclusion; 5 Wounded city; Introduction; Wounded cities; On Mogadishu; Black Hawk Down; Nuruddin Farah's representational space; Conclusion; 6 Cosmopolitan cities; Introduction; Globalization and cosmopolitanism; Zanzibar's diasporas; The festivalization of African cities Mapping and picturing African cities from AmericaConclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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African cities : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers
| African cities : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers |
| Autore | Myers Garth Andrew |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Africa
City and town life - Africa City planning - Africa Urbanization - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-350-21812-X
1-78032-133-3 1-283-07096-0 9786613070968 1-84813-510-6 |
| Classificazione |
MS 1840
RS 10627 C912.81 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | About the author; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction; 1 What if the postmetropolis is Lusaka?; 2 Postcolonial cities; 3 (I)n(f)ormal cities; 4 Governing Africa's cities; 5 Wounded city; 6 Cosmopolitan cities; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
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Myers Garth Andrew
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African Cities and the Development Conundrum
| African Cities and the Development Conundrum |
| Autore | Carole Ammann; Till Förster (Editors) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 307.76096 |
| Collana | International Development Policy |
| Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - Africa
Urban policy - Africa City planning - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato | International environmental law |
| ISBN | 90-04-38794-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- African Cities and the Development Conundrum: Actors and Agency in the Urban Grey Zone / Till Förster and Carole Ammann -- The Politics of Governing African Urban Spaces / Edgar Pieterse -- Urban Governance -- Urban Governance in Africa: An Overview / Warren Smit -- Informal Governance: Comparative Perspectives on Co-optation, Control and Camouflage in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda / Claudia Baez Camargo and Lucy Koechlin -- Why is Co-management of Parks Not Working in Johannesburg? / Claire Bénit-Gbaffou -- Planning, Politics and the Urban Grey Zone -- Online Representation of Sustainable City Initiatives in Africa: How Inclusive? / Ton Dietz -- Incremental Dependencies: Politics and Ethics of Claim-making at the Fringes of Windhoek, Namibia / Lalli Metsola -- Towards an Integrative Approach to Spatial Transformation / Sascha Delz -- Accra’s Decongestion Policy: Another Face of Urban Clearance or Bulldozing Approach? / Aba O. Crentsil and George Owusu -- The Rural-Urban Continuum -- The Africa Problem of Global Urban Theory: Re-conceptualising Planetary Urbanisation / Garth Myers -- Urban Identities and Belonging: Young Men’s Discourses about Pikine (Senegal) / Sebastian Prothmann -- The City and Its Ways of Life: Local Influences on Middle-Income Milieus in Nairobi / Florian Stoll -- Urbanisation and the Political Geographies of Violent Struggle for Power and Control: Mining Boomtowns in Eastern Congo / Karen Büscher. |
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Carole Ammann; Till Förster (Editors)
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| Brill, 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cities in contemporary Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin Murray and Garth Myers
| Cities in contemporary Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin Murray and Garth Myers |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MurrayMartin J
MyersGarth Andrew |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Africa
City and town life - Africa Urban policy - Africa City planning - Africa Urbanization - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-349-53204-5
1-281-36182-8 9786611361822 0-230-60334-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Situating Contemporary Cities in Africa; I: Culture, Imagination, Space, and Place; II: Political Economy, Work, and Livelihood; III: Urban Planning, Administration, and Governance; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450854703321 |
| New York, : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cities in contemporary Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin Murray and Garth Myers
| Cities in contemporary Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin Murray and Garth Myers |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MurrayMartin J
MyersGarth Andrew |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Africa
City and town life - Africa Urban policy - Africa City planning - Africa Urbanization - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-349-53204-5
1-281-36182-8 9786611361822 0-230-60334-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Situating Contemporary Cities in Africa; I: Culture, Imagination, Space, and Place; II: Political Economy, Work, and Livelihood; III: Urban Planning, Administration, and Governance; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784161703321 |
| New York, : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Green infrastructure for sustainable urban design in Africa / / John Abbott
| Green infrastructure for sustainable urban design in Africa / / John Abbott |
| Autore | Abbott John <1947-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; ; New York : , : Earthscan, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.1416096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable urban development - Africa
Sustainable urban development - Government policy - Africa Urban ecology (Sociology) - Africa City planning - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-45900-0
9786613459008 1-136-49139-2 0-203-13822-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Green 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
Chapter 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 |
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Abbott John <1947-, >
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| Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; ; New York : , : Earthscan, , 2012 | ||
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Green infrastructure for sustainable urban design in Africa / / John Abbott
| Green infrastructure for sustainable urban design in Africa / / John Abbott |
| Autore | Abbott John <1947-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; ; New York : , : Earthscan, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.1416096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable urban development - Africa
Sustainable urban development - Government policy - Africa Urban ecology (Sociology) - Africa City planning - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-49138-4
1-283-45900-0 9786613459008 1-136-49139-2 0-203-13822-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Green 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
Chapter 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 |
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| Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; ; New York : , : Earthscan, , 2012 | ||
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The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization / / Jonathan Silver
| The infrastructural South : techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization / / Jonathan Silver |
| Autore | Silver Jonathan (Urban geographer) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 pages) |
| Disciplina | 307.76096 |
| Collana | Infrastructures series |
| Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - Africa - 21st century
Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa City planning - Africa Sociology, Urban - Africa |
| ISBN |
9780262376747
0262376741 9780262376730 0262376733 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Into the Infra-Future -- 2. Urban Modernity and the African City -- 3. Infrastructural Security to Eco-Segregation -- 4. Between Survival and the Prefigurative -- 5. The Extended Time/Space of Infrastructure -- 6. Promises of Development, Experiences of Displacement -- 7. Infrastructural Catch-Up "Off the Map" -- 8. Digital Disruptions from "Above" and "Below" -- 9. Postcolonial Presents in the Metropole -- 10. Toward a Popular Infrastructure -- References -- Sources -- Index -- Series List. |
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Silver Jonathan (Urban geographer)
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2023 | ||
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L'Africa delle città / Urban Africa
| L'Africa delle città / Urban Africa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Accademia University Press |
| Soggetto topico |
City planning - Africa
Urbanization - Africa Cities and towns - Africa Sociology, Urban - Africa |
| ISBN |
9788899982393
8899982392 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Africa delle città
Africa delle città L'Africa delle città |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910326049103321 |
| Accademia University Press | ||
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Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa [[electronic resource]]
| Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton, : Routledge, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 pages) |
| Disciplina | 307.1216096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SilvaCarlos Nunes |
| Soggetto topico | City planning - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-351-27183-0
1-351-27182-2 1-351-27184-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Chapter 1 Ancient, colonial, and post-colonial urban planning in Africa: An introduction; References; Part I Colonial urban planning and pre-colonial urban heritage in Africa; Chapter 2 The birth of a town: Indigenous planning and colonial intervention in Bolgatanga, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The domestic unit and its cycle of development; 2.3 From the first explorers to the birth of the 'town'; 2.4 Conclusion; Notes; References
Chapter 3 History of the urban planning of the city of Zinder in the Niger Republic3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Contextual background and methodology; 3.2.1 Background; 3.2.2 Issues; 3.2.3 Methodology; 3.3 Results; 3.3.1 Institutional and regulatory framework and urban planning actors in Zinder; 3.3.2 Spatial dynamics in Zinder; 3.3.3 The organization of the ancient city of Birni; 3.3.4 First sketch of planning of colonial period; 3.3.5 The first serviced plots of the city of Zinder of the 1970s; 3.3.6 Urban development plan (UDP) of 1980 3.3.7 Parcelling out without urban services from 2000 to 20173.4 Discussion; 3.4.1 Zinder, fortified town with traditional architecture; 3.4.2 Juxtaposition of the colonial city with ancient fabrics; 3.4.3 Lack of synergy between urban planning actors in Zinder; 3.4.4 Planning objectives partially achieved in Zinder; 3.5 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Mise en valeur and repopulation in colonial rural development in French Morocco; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Centre, periphery, and resource extraction; 4.3 The colonization corridor in the Gharb; 4.4 Water, technology, and rural modernity 4.5 Housing the workforce: The Service de l'Urbanisme in the countryside4.6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Infrastructure and urban planning: The port and city of Algiers under French colonial rule, 19th-20th century; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Ports as strategic areas for the colonial conquest of Algeria; 5.2.1 The development of the port of Algiers: A modernizing benefit to the city; 5.2.2 Maritime docks: A new façade for Algiers; 5.3 The Chamber of Commerce of Algiers and the port-city governance: Power issues and territorial struggles 5.4 The city authority in port planning: A restricted intervention5.5 The port in urban planning projects: The marginal area; 5.6 The city of Algiers today, towardsa marketization of port area?; 5.7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Living in Lourenço Marques in the early 20th century: Urban planning, development, and well-being; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Gardening the city: Creating beautiful, pledging for health, promoting public spaces, and leisure areas; 6.3 Urbanization, sanitation, and health measures: Finding a common path for a social segregation politics; 6.4 Conclusion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793954703321 |
| Milton, : Routledge, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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