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Governing urban Africa

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Governing urban Africa/ edited by Carlos Nunes Silva.
other author:	Silva, Carlos Nunes.
Published:	London :Palgrave Macmillan UK : : 2016.,
Description:	xiii, 373 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Municipal government - Africa. -
Subject:	Africa - Economic policy - 21st century. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95109-3
ISBN:	9781349951093

Governing urban Africa
Governing urban Africa[electronic resource] /edited by Carlos Nunes Silva. - London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2016. - xiii, 373 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

This book explores some of the key challenges confronting the governance of cities in Africa, the reforms implemented in the field of urban governance, and the innovative approaches in critical areas of local governance, namely in the broad field of decentralization and urban planning reform, citizen participation, and good governance. The collection also investigates the constraints that continuously hamper urban governments as well as the ability to improve urban governance in African cities through citizen responsive innovations. Decentralization based on the principle of subsidiarity emerges as a critical necessary reform if African cities are to be appropriately empowered to face the challenges created by the unprecedented urban growth rate experienced all over the continent. This requires, among other initiatives, the implementation of an effective local self-government system, the reform of planning laws, including the adoption of new planning models, the development of citizen participation in local affairs, and new approaches to urban informality. The book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers in urban studies, and in particular for those interested in urban planning in Africa.

ISBN: 9781349951093

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-349-95109-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1116568
Municipal government
--Africa.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

657339
Africa
--Economic policy--21st century.

LC Class. No.: JS7525 / .G69 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 320.85096

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