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Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa

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Colonial urban planning and pre-colonial urban heritage in Africa Ancient, colonial, and postcolonial urban planning in Africa: An introduction The birth of a town: Indigenous planning and colonial intervention in Bolgatanga, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Introduction The domestic unit and its cycle of development From the first explorers to the birth of the 'town'Conclusion Notes References History of the urban planning of the city of Zinder in the Niger Republic Introduction Contextual background and methodology Background Issues Methodology Results Institutional and regulatory framework and urban planning actors in Zinder Spatial dynamics in Zinder The organization of the ancient city of Birni First sketch of planning of colonial period The first serviced plots of the city of Zinder of the 1970s Urban development plan (UDP) of 1980 Parcelling out without urban services from 2000 to 2017 Discussion Zinder, fortified town with traditional architecture Juxtaposition of the colonial city with ancient fabrics Lack of synergy between urban planning actors in Zinder Planning objectives partially achieved in Under Conclusion Notes References Mise en valeur and repopulation in colonial rural development in French Morocco Introduction Centre, periphery, and resource extraction The colonization corridor in the Gharb Water, technology, and rural modernity Housing the workforce: The Service de I'Urbanisme in the countryside Conclusion Notes References Infrastructure and urban planning: The port and city of Algiers under French colonial rule, 19th-20th century Introduction Ports as strategic areas for the colonial conquest of Algeria The development of the port of Algiers: A modernizing benefit to the city Maritime docks: A new fagade for Algiers The Chamber of Commerce of Algiers and the port-city governance: Power issues and territorial struggles The city authority in port planning: A restricted intervention The port in urban planning projects: The marginal area The city of Algiers today, towardsa marketization of port area?Conclusion Notes References Living in Lourenco Marques in the early 20th century: Urban planning, development, and well-being Introduction Gardening the city: Creating beautiful, pledging for health, promoting public spaces, and leisure areas Urbanization, sanitation, and health measures: Finding a common path for a social segregation politics Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes References Colonizing and infrastructuring the Angolan territory through colonial settlements: The case of the Cela settlement Introduction On Angola's colonization The Cela settlement Neo-colonialism?Conclusion Notes References Diamang's urban project: Between the Peace of Versailles and the Colonial Act Introduction Filling the void: Diamang's arrival in Lunda Occupation strategy: A pioneer in the edge of Angola An absence of Africa in Africa: Settlements for European employees Stabilizing workforce: Settlements for African workers A sovereignty concern: Transcolonial networks Conclusion Notes References II. Post-colonial urban planning in Africa Local governance and urban planning: Centralization, de-concentration, and decentralization in Africa Introduction Lusophone African countries Analytical framework Centralized, de-concentrated, and decentralized local governance: Results, analysis, and discussion The spatial planning system: Centralized, de-concentrated, and decentralized Conclusion Notes References The resilience, adaptability, and transformation of the South African planning profession Introduction Resilience and the adaptive cycle History of the South African planning profession Resilience of the planning profession Conclusions Acknowledgements Notes References Setting standards and competencies for planners Introduction Reasons for change The planning competencies literature Some history The Bloemfontein competencies SACPLAN's competencies Changes in the implementation environment Competencies needed in South Africa Conclusion Notes References African design and CIAM expansion after the Charter of Athens Introduction CIAMs and the Charter of Athens Post-war designers and CIAM geographic expansion CIAM 9 on the African "habitat" and its design Conclusion Notes References To survey, control, and design: Doxiadis and Fathy on Africa's future and identity (1959-1963)Introduction The developmental approach of Constantinos Doxiadis The city of the future and the African turn Hassan Fathy and the role of the African continent Dynapolis in Africa From infrastructure to Ecumenopolis Conclusion Notes References New towns in Algeria: Planned process to control the accelerated urbanization, case of Sidi Abdellah and Ali Mendjeli Introduction Urbanization in Algeria New towns policy in Algeria New town created according to the descending procedure: The case of Sidi Abdellah Presentation and situation of the new city Sidi Abdellah Creation conditions of the new city Sidi Abdellah Planning and implementation process of the new city Sidi Abdeiiah Execution process of the new city Sidi Abdeiiah New town created according to the ascending procedure: Case of Ali Mendjeli Reasons for the creation of the new city Aii Mendjeli Evolution of the population of Constantine Presentation and situation of the new city Ali Mendjeli Population of the new town Ali Mendjeli: Between prevision and reality Planning and implementation process of the new city Ali Mendjeli Execution process of the new city of Ali Mendjeli Conclusion Notes References Emergent urbanism in Angola and Mozambique: Management of the unknown Introduction Notable urbanization and new dynamics taking place New emergent towns: Locating and reflecting Towns accelerated by increased circulation: Ressano Garcia and Santa Clara borders Towns accelerated by new opportunities: 'Natural gas cities' Pemba and Soyo Urban dwellers: Expectations and realities in new towns Conclusions References The Africanization of public space in South Africa: A moment of opportunity Introduction Changing cities Changing public spaces Degradation Mitigation Adaptation Changing paradigms Conclusion Acknowledgements References Missed the stop? Incremental upgrading or waiting for housing in Buffalo City Introduction The significance of informal settlement upgrading in South African housing policy Buffalo City: A low-growth, high-inequality environment Municipal planning and interventions for the improvement of precarious housing conditions Buffalo City's housing policy under the paradigm of de-densification The provision of interim services Coming to grips with the persistence of shacks Winning laurels for rollover upgrading Formalization of informal settlements in all sorts of troubles Insufficient project preparation or unsatisfiable requirements?Incompetent contractors or mission impossible?Opportunistic behaviour by shack dwellers or a race that can't be won?Regularization: Ambition and reality of an alternative approach towards informal settlements upgrading Basic tenets of the BCMM Informal Settlement Upgrading Policy and Strategy The participatory elaboration of upgrading plans Results of the planning exercise: Investment plans and long-term perspectives Stuck in the starting block: The meagre outcomes of the upgrading policy Reasons for the failed introduction of incremental upgrading policy Inappropriateness of the institutional architecture Lack of a political champion for incremental upgrading Destabilizing effects of the public housing complex Lack of support for incremental upgrading from national and provincial government Limited buy-in and insufficient mobilization of shack dweller communities Conclusions Notes References Framing power in co-production engagements in Kampala City, Uganda Introduction The unfinished business of power in planning Nature of co-production Power relations in co-production processes Strategies of organizing influence in communities Methodological approach and materials Co-production processes and relations in Kampala Analysis of the manifestations and framings of power in co-production processes Configuring power in co-production tools and processes The utopia of consensualism and the destabilizing role of co-production tools Conclusion Notes References Power-shifts in the organizational landscapes of transport provision: The introduction of BRT in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam Introduction Organizational landscapes of transport provision in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam before MRT The organizational landscape of transport provision in Nairobi The organizational landscape of transport provision in Dar es Salaam Transport provision in heterarchic institutional constellations BRT: Power-shifts through transformative transport technology Authority in transport provision in Nairobi with BRT: Outlook Authority in transport provision in Dar es Salaam with BRT Field configurations through BRT Conclusion Acknowledgement References Informality, urban transport infrastructure, and the lessons of history in Accra, Ghana Introduction Visions of "Modernity": Mobility and Infrastructure in contemporary Accra Planning a "modern" city: Infrastructural imaginations and the model city The Limits of "complete systems": Popular logics and spatial realities History lessons: Development failures and the limits of modernist visions Southern urbanisms: Towards a critical urban planning practice Conclusion: "Looking from" the lorry park to craft grassroots planning visions Notes References Moroccan towns: Nourishing urban spaces Introduction The two towns Kasba Tadla Tinghir Transformations of food production in the urban context Fields of change Controversial practices Various players Sources of frictions and opportunities Questions of hygiene and land New customers and tasks Conclusion Notes References Planning for less planning: Supporting informal food systems in Nairobi Introduction Urbanization and food security Global framing and urban food security governance Nairobi's urban food security governance and policy Social protection: Cash transfers Urban agriculture Nairobi's informal food economy Recommendations Conclusion Acknowledgement References

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