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1 Africa’s urban revolution in context

So what if Africa is urban?

Notes

References

2 Conflict and post-war transition in African cities

Introduction

Three forms of conflict and their implications for urban areas

African cities in the midst of sovereign and civil conflict

Post-war urbanism

Conclusions

Notes

References

3 Sub-Saharan African urbanisation and global environmental change

Introduction

Global environmental change: trends and predictions for Africa

Defining and deciphering African urbanisation and migration

Conclusion: growth, mobility and displacement under conditions of environmental change

Note

References

4 Linking urbanisation and development in Africa’s economic revival

Introduction

A bleak urban future?

Favourable economic prospects?

The need for diversification

The role of geography and urbanisation

A resource curse for urban areas?

Can cities help build more integrated economies?

Measuring the relationship between urbanisation and growth

Evidence from Africa

Conclusion

Notes

References

5 Religion and social life in African cities

Introduction

Perspectives on social change

Religion in context

Religion in African cities

Conclusion

Notes

References

6 Feeding African cities: the growing challenge of urban food insecurity

Introduction

Methodology

Levels of food insecurity in poor urban neighbourhoods

Incomes and food access

Food sourcing

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Note

References

7 Transport pressures in urban Africa: practices, policies, perspectives

Transport and travel: practices and policies

Perspectives on urban transport: evidence, conscience, imagination

Notes

References

8 Decentralisation and institutional reconfiguration in urban Africa

Introduction

Institutional underpinnings of the African urban crisis

Institutional reform agenda for Africa

Conclusion

Notes

References

9 The challenge of urban planning law reform in African cities

Introduction

Questions that need answers

Who thinks that planning laws should change?

The importance of planning law in Africa

Going forward: can planning law reform be improved?

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

10 The education and research imperatives of urban planning professionals in Africa

Introduction

The state of planning systems in Africa

The state of professional planning in Africa

The imperatives of planning practice in Africa

The case study methodology in research and education

Conclusion

Note

References

11 Filling the void: an agenda for tackling African urbanisation

Drivers of urban failure

Taking action

Building blocks of a new urban practice

Taking this agenda forward

Conclusion

Notes

References

12 Infrastructure, real economies and social transformation: assembling the components for regional urban development in Africa

Introduction: development through infrastructure

The challenges of urban ‘real’ economies

The dilemmas of ‘real’ governance

Conceptualising a way forward

Conclusion

References

13 National urbanisation and urban strategies: necessary but absent policy instruments in Africa

Introduction

A discredited legacy: national urbanisation and urban strategy failure and omission

Imperatives for a new generation of national urbanisation and urban policies

Conclusion: opportunities and scope for national urbanisation and urban policies

Box 13.1. Seven arguments for a national urban strategy to complement and reinforce essential action at the local scale

References

14 Urbanisation as a global historical process: theory and evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Economic and demographic theories of urbanisation

Towards a historical theory of world urbanisation

Geography, colonialism and early urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa

Urbanisation and urban growth in the postcolonial era

Conclusion

Appendix

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

Postscript: Building new knowledge and networks to foster sustainable urban development

Past trends: thinking and perspectives in 2008–09

Current trends: thinking and perspectives in 2012–13

Future trends: thinking and projected perspectives for 2030

Persisting challenges

Now what?

Critical considerations: looking forward

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Contributing authors

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