Reframing the Urban Challenge

The book Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa: Knowledge Co-production from the South, explores the dynamic changes and challenges associated with the rapid urbanisation of Africa. It highlights the continent's transition from a predominantly rural to a predominantly urban region, emphasising the need for empirical evidence to address issues such as infrastructure demands, environmental hazards, and informal settlements. The book features contributions from local researchers, offering a nuanced perspective on the diverse and heterogeneous nature of African cities and the specific urban challenges they face. Key themes include the formal-informal interface, urban food systems, tenure security, urban infrastructure and inequality, flood-risk management, and post-conflict urban rebuilding.

Referred by the African Urban Planning Research Network.

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