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African Cities in Crisis : Managing Rapid Urban Growth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020Copyright date: ©1989Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (352 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780429693021
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: African Cities in CrisisDDC classification:
  • 307.76096
LOC classification:
  • HT148.A2 .A375 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Currencies -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. The Influence of Environmental and Economic Factors on the Urban Crisis. -- CHAPTER 2. Urban Local Government in Africa. -- CHAPTER 3. The Administration of Urban Services. -- CHAPTER 4. Urban Growth and Urban Management in Nigeria. -- CHAPTER 5. Côte d'Ivoire: An Evaluation of Urban Management Reforms. -- CHAPTER 6. Kinshasa: Problems of Land Management, Infrastructure, and Food Supply. -- CHAPTER 7. Appropriate Standards for Infrastructure in Dakar. -- CHAPTER 8. Local Government and the Management of Urban Services in Tanzania. -- CHAPTER 9. Management Problems of Greater Khartoum. -- CHAPTER 10. Urban Management in Nairobi: A Case Study of the Matatu Mode of Public Transport. -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- About the IFIAS -- Index.
Summary: This book presents the results of the "African Urban Management" project designed to study comparatively governmental responses to the gap between the realities of official plans and perspectives and the mushrooming world of the urban poor in African cities.
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Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Currencies -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. The Influence of Environmental and Economic Factors on the Urban Crisis. -- CHAPTER 2. Urban Local Government in Africa. -- CHAPTER 3. The Administration of Urban Services. -- CHAPTER 4. Urban Growth and Urban Management in Nigeria. -- CHAPTER 5. Côte d'Ivoire: An Evaluation of Urban Management Reforms. -- CHAPTER 6. Kinshasa: Problems of Land Management, Infrastructure, and Food Supply. -- CHAPTER 7. Appropriate Standards for Infrastructure in Dakar. -- CHAPTER 8. Local Government and the Management of Urban Services in Tanzania. -- CHAPTER 9. Management Problems of Greater Khartoum. -- CHAPTER 10. Urban Management in Nairobi: A Case Study of the Matatu Mode of Public Transport. -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- About the IFIAS -- Index.

This book presents the results of the "African Urban Management" project designed to study comparatively governmental responses to the gap between the realities of official plans and perspectives and the mushrooming world of the urban poor in African cities.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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