Reframing the urban challenge in Africa : : knowledge co-production from the South / / edited by Ntombini Marrengane and Sylvia Croese.

The works contained in this edited volume represent the culmination of eight years of effort to plant and develop the foundation of an interdisciplinary African urban research network anchored in African institutions. With initial support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Citi...

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Superior document:Routledge studies in cities and development
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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon : : Routledge,, 2021.
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in cities and development.
Physical Description:1 online resource (247 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Africa's urban challenge / Sylvia Croese
  • The formal-informal interface through the lens of urban food systems : the Soweto Food Market in Lusaka, Zambia / Gilbert Siame, Douty Chibamba, Progress H. Nyanga, Brenda Mwalukanga, Beverly Musonda Mushili, Wiza Kabaghe, Garikai Membele, Wilma S. Nchito, Peter Mulambia & Dorothy Ndhlovu
  • Formal-informal interface : comparative analysis between three Egyptian cities / Omar Nagati and Beth Stryker
  • Dialogues on informality : land sharing as a sustainable approach to tenure security in Kiandutu informal settlement in Thika town, Kenya / Peter Ngau and Philip Olale
  • Urban Infrastructure and Inequality : lessons from Cairo and Johannesburg / Deena Khalil and Margot Rubin
  • Weathering the storm : reflections on a community-based approach to flood-risk management in Kumasi, Ghana / Divine Ahadzie, Irene-Nora Dinye and Rudith Sylvana King
  • Housing for whom? Rebuilding Angola's cities after conflict and who gets left behind / Allan Cain
  • Conclusion: Towards a research agenda for knowledge coproduction in urban Africa / Sylvia Croese.