African Cities and the Development Conundrum, ,

Year

2018

Publisher

Brill

Language

English

Link

Last Update

31-Mar-2026

Keywords

Law ; sustainability-discipline ; Environmental Studies

Description

Cities produce difference—and they accommodate difference. African cities are no exception. They rather seem to accelerate processes of differentiation to a degree that makes it difficult to conceive them as an entity, to understand their social complexities and, not least, to govern them. The pace of urbanisation in Africa currently exceeds that of all other continents. Soon, more Africans will live in cities than in rural areas. As reliable statistics are hard to establish, estimations vary, but 2030 seems to be a safe bet for the turning point (un desa, 2014; UN-Habitat, 2008, 2016; adb, 2016a; also Chapter 6,...