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ISBN 13: 9781032020167

Author: Michael Addaney, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

Sustainable Urban Futures in Africa provides a variety of conventional and emerging theoretical frameworks to inform understandings and responses to critical urban development issues such as urbanisation, climate change, housing/slum, informality, urban sprawl, urban ecosystem services and urban poverty, among others, within the context of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Africa. This book addresses topics including challenges to spatial urban development, how spatial planning is delivered, how different urbanisation variables influence the development of different forms of urban systems and settlements in Africa, how city authorities could use old and new methods of land administration to produce sustainable urban spaces in Africa, and the role of local activism is causing important changes in the built environment. Chapters are written by a diverse range of African scholars and practitioners in urban planning and policy design, environmental science and policy, sociology, agriculture, natural resources management, environmental law, and politics. Urban Africa has huge resource potential – both human and natural resources – that can stimulate sustainable development when effectively harnessed. Sustainable Urban Futures in Africa provides support for the SDGs in urban Africa and will be of interest to students and researchers, professionals and policymakers, and readers of urban studies, spatial planning, geography, governance, and other social sciences.

Sustainable Urban Futures in Africa 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations

1 Sustainable Urban Futures in Africa: Concepts, Practices and Prospects

Introduction

Theoretical Foundation of Sustainable Development in Africa’s Urban Futures

Africa’s Urbanisation Processes and Urban Futures

Reflections on Urban Development Agenda in Africa

Urbanisation and Sustainable Development in Africa: Critical Evolving Integrative Inquiry

Part I: Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations

Part II: Land Use and Ecological Integrity

Part III: Urban Informality, Regeneration and Tenure Security

Conclusion

References

2 Deconstructing Africa’s Urban Space: Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning Challenge

Introduction

Theoretical Understandings of Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning

Evolution of Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning

The Normative Nature of Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning

Global Sustainable Development Agendas: How they Link with Spatial Planning

Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning Interventions

Urban Africa’s Development Experience: Locating Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning

Social Development

Environmental Management and Development

Economic Development

Towards the Future: Marrying Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning

Conclusion

References

3 Tradition Meets Modernity: Creation of Sustainable Urban Spaces in Africa

Introduction

Methods and Research Design

The Evolution of Customary Land Administration Systems in SSA

Land Use Planning and Sustainable Urbanisation in Africa

The Interface Between Hybrid Land Administration and the Creation of Sustainable Spaces in Africa

Conclusion

Note

References

4 Local Activism and Climate Action in Africa: Protecting the Environment as a Social Justice Imperative

Introduction

Climate Change and Environmental Injustice in Africa: Nexus between Developed and Developing Countries

Alternatives to Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

Data Collection and Methods

Towards Environmental Justice: Local Environmental Activism in Africa

Conclusion

Notes

References

5 Memories of Futures-Past and Visions of Future-Futures: An Architecture-to-Backcasting Metaphor Approach Towards Tools and Practices for Sustainable City Transitioning in Africa

Introduction

Structure, Logic and Process Across the Theoretical Foundations

The Status Quo and Forecasted Futures for African Cities

The Critical Drivers Calling for Sustainable City Transitioning

Backcasting as a Transformative Approach to Sustainable Cities

Constructivism, Neurophenomenology and the Temporal Dimension

Paradigm Shifting from Essentialism to Constructivism

Implicate vs. Explicate Order in Our Perception of Reality

Architecture in Relation to Tools and Communities-of-Practice for Sustainable City Transitioning

Liminality and Neurophenomenology in Architecture

Conclusion

References

Part II: Land Use and Ecological Integrity

6 Towards Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development: Rethinking Stormwater Management in Sub-Saharan African Cities

Introduction

Stormwater Management in African Cities

Conventional Urban Stormwater Management

Urban Water Management and Storm Waterlogging Problem in SSA

“Eco-sustainable” Approach – the Application of SUDS as an Alternative for Stormwater Management

Concept and Principles

SUDS Approaches

The Potential Benefits of SUDS for SSA Cities

Urban Catchment Benefits

Flood Mitigation

Water Supply Augmentation

Economic Cost, Social Amenity and Thermal Comfort

Benefits to Downstream Aquatic Environment

Controlled Fluvial Flooding

Aquatic Ecosystem Water Quality and Biodiversity Damage

Aquatic Ecosystem Channel and Riparian Structure

Challenges for Implementation of SUDS in SSA Cities

Conclusion

References

7 Monitoring Changing Land Use-Land Cover Change to Reflect the Impact of Urbanisation on Environmental Assets in Durban, South Africa

Introduction

Urban Development and Land Cover Change

Land Use and Land Cover Change

Urban Development in Durban

Methods of Data Collection and Research Design

Preprocessing

Image Classification

Accuracy Assessment

Results

NDVI-Based LULC Classification

LULC Change

Accuracy Assessment

Analysis and Discussion

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

8 Informal Greenspaces in Peripheral Luanda, Angola: Benefits and Challenges

Introduction

Literature Review: Informal Green Space

Methods, Data Collection and Study Setting

Study Context

Research Approach

Results

Typology of Informal Green Spaces in Funda

Residents’ Use of and Benefit from Informal Green Spaces

Residents’ Management of Informal Green Space

Factors constraining IGS in Funda

Discussion

Conclusion

References

9 Collaborative Spatial Expressions of Sustainability: River Rehabilitation Projects in Durban, South Africa

Introduction

Defining Sustainable Cities, River Rehabilitation Projects and Ecological Infrastructure

Durban’s Socio-ecological and Political Context

The Palmiet Catchment Rehabilitation Project

The Aller River Pilot Project

Sihlanzimvelo Stream Cleaning Programme

Wise Wayz Water Care

Methodology

River Rehabilitation Projects as a Spatial Expression of Sustainable Development in the city of Durban

Spatial Instruments Shaping Sustainable Development in Durban

River Rehabilitation Projects as a Spatial Expression of Sustainable Development in Durban

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

10 Regulation of Physical Development in Ghana: Systems and Practices

Introduction

Method of Data Collection and Research Design

Sustainable and Inclusive Physical Development

Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Physical Development in Ghana

Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Physical Development Planning in Ghana

Institutional Arrangement for Physical Development in Ghana

Preparing Planning Schemes for Sustainable and Inclusive Physical Development in Ghana

Conclusion

References

11 Spatial Expression of Climate Change in Rapidly Urbanising City of Tamale, Ghana

Introduction

Urban Planning and Climate Change: A Focus on Ghana

Study Area and Research Methods

Study Setting

Research Methods

Results and Discussion

Influence of Urbanisation on Urban Sustainability: Land Use/Cover Analysis

Finding Evidence of Climate Change: Temperature and Rainfall Dynamics

Agency Efforts and Responses Towards Urbanisation and Climate Change in Tamale

Conclusion

References

12 Planning for Sustainable Metro Express in Mauritius

Introduction

Spatial Planning and Urban Transportation Development – A Focus on Mauritius

The Metro Express Project in Mauritius: An Overview

Governance and the Transport Industry in Mauritius: A Case of the MEP

Conclusion

References

Part III: Urban Informality, Regeneration and Tenure Security

13 Situating Everyday Urban Struggles Within the Context of the SDGs in an Informal Settlement in Accra, Ghana

Introduction

Informal Settlements and Sustainable Development: A Framework

Study Context: Old Fadama

Method and Research Design

Tracing Everyday Urban Struggles in Old Fadama

Adiza

Salma

Talata

Adams

Tracing the Sustainable Development Dimension of Urban Struggles

Equity

Economy

Ecology

Conclusion

Notes

Reference

14 Connecting Solid Waste Management to Sustainable Urban Development in Africa

Introduction

Data Collection Method

State of Solid Waste Management in Africa

Solid Waste Management and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa

Institutional and Regulatory Framework for Solid Waste Management

Conclusion

References

15 Urban Informality and Flexible Land Tenure Arrangements in Namibia: Lessons and Insights

Introduction

Data Collection Methods and Research Design

Urbanisation and Urban Informality in Namibia and Beyond

Nature and Scope of Flexible Land Tenure Arrangements in Namibia

Rationale and Justifications for the Flexible Land Tenure System

Basic Features of the Flexible Land Tenure System

Flexible Land Tenures Created

Starter Title

Land-hold Titles

Upgrading of Flexible Titles inter se or to Freehold

Administration of The Flexible Land Tenure System

Procedure for the Establishment of Starter and Land Hold Titles

Establishment of the Land Rights Office

Flexible Land Tenure and Land Security

Conclusion

References

16 The Shifting Sanitation Landscapes of Durban, South Africa: Through the Lens of Governmentality

Introduction

Study Area and Profile of the Sanitation Landscape of Durban

The Governmentalities of Sanitation Provision

South Africa and Durban’s State of Sanitation Provision

Data Collection Method and Research Design

Durban’s Shifting Sanitation Landscape

The Sanitation Landscape of Durban: 2000–2013

The sanitation landscape of Durban: 2014–2020

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

17 Transforming Urban Informal Settlements in Kenya through Adaptive Spatial Planning and Tenure Regularisation

Introduction

Growth of Informal Settlements in Kenya and the Challenge for Spatial Planning

Approaches Applied in Addressing Urban Informal Settlements in Kenya

Forced Evictions and Slum Clearance

Relocation of the Informal Settlement Dwellers to Alternative Land

Settlement Upgrading

Compulsory Acquisition of Land from a Private Owner

Allocation of Public Land

Purchase of Land Occupied at Negotiated Rate

Litigation Based on Adverse Possession

The Place of Spatial Planning in Promoting Sustainable Development in Informal Settlements

Conclusion

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