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Such an approach could certainly encompass history, geography, demographics, economics, political science, architecture and town planning, as well as anthropology and sociology. The interdisciplinary study of urbanization deserves emphasis because the research conducted in these different directions over the course of the past twenty-five years ...
- Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
- 1991
The urbanization of most of Africa is moving fast forward, especially south of the Sahara. [1] It is estimated that in 1900, about 89% of inhabitants lived from the primary occupations of farming, hunting & gathering, cattle nomadism, and fishing (Aase, 2003:1) meaning that 11% or less were urban. At the start of the independence period in 1957 ...
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Dec 20, 2017 · Abstract. Africa, a continent exceptionally rich in biodiversity, is rapidly urbanizing. Africa's urbanization is manifest in the growth of its megacities as well as that of its smaller towns and cities. The conservation planning and practice will increasingly need to account for direct and indirect impacts of the continent's urbanization.
- Burak Güneralp, Shuaib Lwasa, Hillary Masundire, Susan Parnell, Karen C Seto
- 2017
Oct 4, 2023 · North Africa. The earliest cities in North Africa were associated with Phoenician trade, starting early in the first millennium bce.By the 8th century bce, when Phoenician commerce was fully developed, a string of Phoenician ports extended from Leptis Magna (Libya) to Salé on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. 7 For the most part, these coastal towns did not develop beyond the needs of maritime ...
Urban History 1950s and early 1960s, the urban history of Africa was left on the back burner.8 The multi-functionality of the urban space in pre-colonial Africa in general and in Ethiopia in particular had lent to the notion that Africa had not experienced urbanization.9 To contemporary Europeans, pre-colonial
This chapter examines Africa’s urbanization and the challenges and opportunities it presents, with emphasis on what it will take to make African cities efficient, sustainable, and inclusive. Using economic geography as an organizing framework, it proposes policies that not only support agglomeration benefits but also manage congestion costs.
Meier zu Selhausen, Felix (2022). “Growing Cities: Urbanization in Africa”, In Ewout Frankema, Ellen Hillbom, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani and Felix Meier zu Selhausen (eds.), The History of African Development: An Online Textbook for a New Generation of African Students and Teachers.
