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Explores the impact of Africa's rapidly growing urban population on local resources and the environment, acknowledging the clash between Western focus on sustainable development and the lived realities of residents of often poor, informal settlements.

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"A tour de force that opens up an entirely new terrain of scholarly research on urban Africa this book fills a variety of huge gaps in the existing literature" Martin Murray University of Michigan

Table of Contents
Introduction; The Experts: The ‘State’ of Urban Environments in Africa; The Past: The Urban Biogeography of (Post)Colonialism; The Artists: Using African Literature to Read Urban Environments; The Cityscape: Place-Names, Culture and Spirits; From the Grass Roots: Popular Understandings of Urban Environmental Issues in Africa; Conclusion: Re-Reading Urban Environments.

Urban Environments in Africa

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 24/02/2016
      ISBN13: 9781447322917, 978-1447322917
      ISBN10: 1447322916
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      Social impact of environmental issues Urban communities / city life

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the impact of Africa's rapidly growing urban population on local resources and the environment, acknowledging the clash between Western focus on sustainable development and the lived realities of residents of often poor, informal settlements.

      Trade Review
      "A tour de force that opens up an entirely new terrain of scholarly research on urban Africa this book fills a variety of huge gaps in the existing literature" Martin Murray University of Michigan

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; The Experts: The ‘State’ of Urban Environments in Africa; The Past: The Urban Biogeography of (Post)Colonialism; The Artists: Using African Literature to Read Urban Environments; The Cityscape: Place-Names, Culture and Spirits; From the Grass Roots: Popular Understandings of Urban Environmental Issues in Africa; Conclusion: Re-Reading Urban Environments.

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