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Are Africa's most populous and economically dominant cities a force to reckon with in the twenty-first century? This book analyzes the economies of East and Southern Africa's 'apex' cities, probing how they have altered structurally over time and their current sources of economic vitality and vulnerability at local, national and international levels. Case study chapters focusing on Johannesburg, Chitungwiza, Gaborone, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala and Mogadishu shed new light on contemporary African urban prospects and problems.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Urban Livelihoods and Social Dynamics
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Urban Welfare, Housing and Infrastructure
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Conclusion
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Reviews
'The volume offers a good introduction to urban, and especially urban dvelopment, themes in Africa'. - Bill Freund, Journal of Southern African Studies
'...the editors of this volume should be complimented for bringing together a number of concise case studies, which cover substantial geographical ground. As such, it offers an analysis of statistical and recent census data, which will certainly be of interest to readers with a general interest in Africa.' - J. Joost Beuving, Modern African Studies
'It is an important book for those concerend with urbanization on a global scale and especially in Africa, providing new insights into the fast-chaning reality of urbanization in Africa today.' - Adrian Atkinson, Development and Change
'This thorough and well-composed volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the key issues of urban development in contemporary eastern and southern Africa.' - Garth A. Myers African Affairs
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
PHIL AMIS Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK
JO BEALL Director, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), London School of Economics, UK
OWEN CRANKSHAW Associate Professor, Sociology Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa
PAUL JENKINS Director, Centre for Environment and Human Settlements, UK
PRISCILLA WANJIRU KARIUKI Professor of Psychology, College of Education and External Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi
ROLAND MARCHAL Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Studies and Research/National Center for Scientific Research (CERI/CNRS), USA
NICI NELSON Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
SULEIMAN NGWARE Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
AUGUSTUS NUWAGABA Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda
SUSAN PARNELL Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa
CAROLE RAKODI Professor of International Urban Development, International Development Department, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK
ANN SCHLYTER Associate Professor and Director, Center for Global Gender Studies, Göteborg University, Sweden
ONALENNA SELOLWANE Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, Botswana
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African Urban Economies
Book Subtitle: Viability, Vitality or Vitiation?
Editors: Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Deborah Potts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9947-4Published: 16 December 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-52301-2Published: 16 December 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 353
Topics: African Culture, International Economics, Development Economics, Urban Economics, Economic Geography, Urban Studies/Sociology