The state of African cities 2008
Subtitle: a framework for addressing urban challenges in Africa
Contributors: United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Nairobi
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9789211320152
Subjects: Urban policy; Cities and towns; Growth; Urbanization; Urban poor
Description: With rapidly increasing urban populations, cities in Africa are faced with enormous challenges and will have to find ways to facilitate by 2015 urban services, livelihoods and housing for more than twice as many urban dwellers than it has today. A worrying trend with the African urbanization process is that it is a process rooted in poverty rather than an industrialization-induced socio-economic transition as in other major world urban regions. Africas escalating urban problems have received less attention than warranted and now, at the dawn of Africas urban age, these need to be addressed - publisher.
Notes: Title from electronic t.p. (viewed on Apr. 7, 2009).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-206).

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