Planning cities in Africa: current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning
In: The urban book series
In: Springer eBook Collection
Planning cities in Africa – Current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning: An introduction -- Part I: Planning theories and models - Application and local challenges -- The State, trust and cooperation: Local government-residents' joint neighbourhood upgrading initiatives in Addis Ababa -- Street vending in downtown Rabat: In resistance to imported urban models -- Revisiting stokes' theory of slums – Towards decolonised housing concepts from the Global South -- Part II: The state of planning education and planning capacity -- In a state of flux: Urban planning programmes in Asia and Africa -- Climate change adaptation and planning education in Southern Africa -- Is climate change knowledge making a difference in urban planning and practice: Perspectives from practitioners and policy makers in Tanzania Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert -- Contributions of local authorities to community adaptive capacity to impacts of climate change; A case study of sea level rise in Pangani Division, Pangani District -- Part III: Participatory and multi-level governance approach toward current urban challenges -- Qualities of urban planning and the conflict between participatory planning and planning standards: Evidence from Ethiopia -- Complementing or conflicting rationalities? How self-production practices in collective space can shape urban planning. Insights from Maputo City -- Translating globalised ideals into local settings: The actors and complexities of post-settlement water infrastructure planning in urban Ghana.