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oapen-20.500.12657-583732022-09-16T03:16:22Z Planning Cities in Africa Alem Gebregiorgis, Genet Greiving, Stefan Namangaya, Ally Hassan Kombe, Wilbard Jackson African Cities Planning Theory Urban Resilience Planning Education Co-production Climate Change Adaptation planning in Africa Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Climate Change Sustainable Growth bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth. This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management. 2022-09-15T20:13:51Z 2022-09-15T20:13:51Z 2022 book ONIX_20220915_9783031065507_24 9783031065507 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58373 eng The Urban Book Series application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-06550-7.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-06550-7 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-031-06550-7 10.1007/978-3-031-06550-7 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 b121d5f5-3868-46f8-a1c5-caa09ded20c0 9783031065507 Springer International Publishing 243 Cham [...] open access
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This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth. This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management.
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