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This book critically assesses the complex urban issues, planning
challenges and development opportunities of rapidly growing cities,
using Addis Ababa as a case study. Just like other developing
cities, Addis Ababa is undergoing numerous natural and
policy-driven changes. This book analyses the effect of these
changes on urban management to allow better understanding of the
conceptual frameworks that define the everyday functions of rapidly
growing cities. It demonstrates that rapid urban growth has
simultaneously created opportunities for economic development in
the developing world as well as social, environmental and cultural
challenges causing a mismatch between demand and the supply of
services. The author argues that, by combining indigenous knowledge
and practices and contemporary planning principles, developing
countries can overcome challenges concerning environmental and
public health, transport congestion, rising rents and house prices
and lack of open space. Foregrounding the experience of everyday
citizens of the city, this book aids our understanding of the
nature of rapidly growing cities and outlines what needs to be done
so that the city meets the needs of the people. A unique
contribution to the literature on cities of the developing world,
this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Urban
Studies, Planning, Development Studies and African Studies.
This book critically assesses the complex urban issues, planning
challenges and development opportunities of rapidly growing cities,
using Addis Ababa as a case study. Just like other developing
cities, Addis Ababa is undergoing numerous natural and
policy-driven changes. This book analyses the effect of these
changes on urban management to allow better understanding of the
conceptual frameworks that define the everyday functions of rapidly
growing cities. It demonstrates that rapid urban growth has
simultaneously created opportunities for economic development in
the developing world as well as social, environmental and cultural
challenges causing a mismatch between demand and the supply of
services. The author argues that, by combining indigenous knowledge
and practices and contemporary planning principles, developing
countries can overcome challenges concerning environmental and
public health, transport congestion, rising rents and house prices
and lack of open space. Foregrounding the experience of everyday
citizens of the city, this book aids our understanding of the
nature of rapidly growing cities and outlines what needs to be done
so that the city meets the needs of the people. A unique
contribution to the literature on cities of the developing world,
this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Urban
Studies, Planning, Development Studies and African Studies.
This book considers the issue of sustainability in sub-Saharan
Africa. It assesses the progress that has been made in sustainable
development and the challenges that must still be addressed. Most
importantly, it focuses on African experiences with sustainable
development. Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) as the framework for the analysis, the manuscript traces how
the discourse on sustainability has evolved from a cultural,
political, economic, and social perspective. It focuses on the
goals for climate action, sustainable cities and communities,
institutions, and partnerships to examine the vulnerability of
Africans to climate change, attitudes towards sustainability,
ethical challenges to implementing sustainable development
programs, the relationship between governance, poverty, and
sustainability, environmental terrorism, sustainable health care,
sustainable transportation, and the use of open green space to
promote a sustainable urban community. The book integrates the
theory, practice, ethics, and policy of sustainability to better
understand the implications for problems and responses to
sustainable development in Africa. No book has applied the SDGs to
an evaluation of sustainable development in Africa. This book fills
that gap. Chapters from leading scholars utilize various research
methods combined with case study analysis to provide context and a
deeper understanding of the critical issues in sustainability in
the sub-Saharan African world. The first section of the book
examines the theory of sustainability and provides an overview of
some of the most important institutional questions in the discourse
on environmental policies in the African world. The next section of
the book focuses on the issues and challenges that inform our
understanding of sustainability and the implementation of best
practices. Sustainability is examined in a global context as the
difficulties in enforcing international standards and protections
in the state-centered international order are considered. The final
part of the book engages in a more in-depth examination of several
specific examples of sustainability in urban Africa.
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