Sustainable Intercultural Urbanism at the Service of the African City of Tomorrow

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-78630-759-0
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 489 g

Most African cities are human settlements that lack the systems needed for effective land use planning. In fact, the disorganization that prevails has become so complex that the concept of urbanism itself has been called into question. This book highlights the need to restore urban planning in African cities through sustainable development and interculturality. Furthermore, it addresses the balance of power between urban planning and sustainable development and explores the historical and postcolonial aspects of urban planning in African cities.

A case study focusing on the development of sustainable cities and neighborhoods in the M'Zab Valley is also included, as well as topics such as urban greening, climatic threats and the problem of state agro-industrial land transactions, which compete with sustainable urban planning. Sustainable Intercultural Urbanism at the Service of the African City of Tomorrow is a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners interested in urban issues in African cities. These cities, in particular sub Saharan cities, have long been excluded from any discourse on sustainable cities and urban planning; this book places the focus on these cities and acknowledges their varied urban realities. The intention is to spark a new debate on sustainable urban planning in African cities based on intercultural sustainable urbanism, which is key to thinking about and building ecological, intercultural, compact, intelligent and postcolonial cities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elamé, Esoh

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction ix
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Chapter 1 Intercultural and Sustainable Urban Planning 1
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1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Did you say modern urban planning? 4

1.3 Sustainable urban planning: beyond the effects of fashion 8

1.4 The sustainable city: a process and a product of sustainable urban planning 14

1.5 Sustainable urban planning and the challenges of diversity in an urban context 16

1.6 The convergences between intercultural urban planning and sustainable urban planning in concrete terms 19

1.7 The place of urban planning in the intercultural city 21

1.7.1 Religious diversity in the city 22

1.7.2 Cultural diversity in the city 23

1.7.3 Sexual orientation diversity in the city 25

1.7.4 Gender diversity 26

1.7.5 Diversity related to persons with reduced mobility (PRM) 29

1.8 Intercultural sustainable urban planning and the 2030 Agenda 34

1.9 The New Urban Agenda and the demands of intercultural sustainable urban planning 35

1.10 Conclusion 36

1.11 References 37

Chapter 2 Understanding the Challenges of Postcolonial Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Cities 41
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2.1 Setting the context 41

2.2. Theoretical framework: on the road to postcolonial urban planning 42

2.3 Methodological framework 47

2.4 Results: lessons to be learned from the urban planning crisis in sub-Saharan African cities 47

2.4.1 Pre-colonial urban production: a heritage to be developed 48

2.4.2 Classical colonial urban planning 52

2.4.3 De-colonial urban planning 56

2.4.4 There is only one step from post-colonial to neo-colonial urban planning 58

2.5. Discussion: toward postcolonial urban planning in sub-Saharan cities 61

2.5.1 Decontextualized urban development models 61

2.5.2. Escaping the confusion between urban planning and urbanization 62

2.5.3 Enhancing pre-colonial urban planning 62

Über Autor(innen)

Esoh Elame is a geographer, town planner, geologist and pedagogist. He is a professor at the University of Padua, Italy, as well as a permanent associate professor at the National Advanced School of Public Works and at Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun (IRIC) of the University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon. His research focuses on African cities and intercultural sustainable development.