{"product_id":"reframing-the-urban-challenge-in-africa-9780367694647","title":"Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the changing dynamics and challenges behind the rapid expanse of Africa's urban population. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrica's urban age is underway. With the world's fastest growing urban population, the continent is rapidly transforming from one that is largely rural, to one that is largely urban. Often facing limited budgets, those tasked with managing African cities require empirical evidence on the nature of demands for infrastructure, escalating environmental hazards, and ever-expanding informal settlements. Drawing on the work of the African Urban Research Initiative, this book brings together contributions from local researchers investigating key themes and challenges within their own contexts. An important example of urban knowledge co-production, the book demonstrates the regional diversity that can be seen as the main feature of African urbanism, with even well-accepted concepts such as informality manifesting in markedly different ways from place to place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvidi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1: Introduction: Africa’s Urban Challenge\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sylvia Croese \u003cb\u003eChapter 2: The Formal-Informal Interface Through the Lens of Urban Food Systems: the Soweto Food Market in Lusaka, Zambia, \u003c\/b\u003eGilbert Siame, Douty Chibamba, Progress H. Nyanga, Brenda Mwalukanga, Beverly Musonda\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMushili, Wiza Kabaghe; Garikai Membele, Wilma S. Nchito, Peter Mulambia \u0026amp; Dorothy Ndhlovu \u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Formal-Informal Interface: comparative analysis between three Egyptian cities, \u003c\/b\u003eOmar Nagati and Beth Stryker \u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Dialogues on Informality: land sharing as a sustainable approach to tenure security in Kiandutu informal settlement in Thika town, Kenya, \u003c\/b\u003ePeter Ngau and Philip Olale \u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Urban Infrastructure and Inequality: lessons from Cairo and Johannesburg, \u003c\/b\u003eDeena Khalil and Margot Rubin \u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Weathering the Storm: reflections on a community-based approach to flood-risk management in Kumasi, Ghana, \u003c\/b\u003eDivine Ahadzie, Irene-Nora Dinye and Rudith Sylvana\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eKing \u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Housing for whom? Rebuilding Angola’s cities after conflict and who gets left behind, \u003c\/b\u003eAllan Cain – Development Workshop Angolal\u003cb\u003e Chapter 8: Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda for Knowledge Co-production in Urban Africa, \u003c\/b\u003eSylvia Croese\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018025271639,"sku":"9780367694647","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367694647.jpg?v=1750775396","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reframing-the-urban-challenge-in-africa-9780367694647","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}