Prospects for sustainable urban development in Africa – (re)viewed from a planning perspective

IF 1.7 Q4 REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING International Planning Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-30 DOI:10.1080/13563475.2020.1785278
D. Okeke
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ABSTRACT .Since mid-15th century the epistemological foundations of imperialism is a continuing process that is responsible for the vulnerability of cities in Africa to structural adversities. The vulnerability to structural adversities is responsible for the legendary ‘urbanization without growth’ and for ‘growth without development’ in Africa since the turn of the 21st century. This vulnerability threatens the sustainable urban development initiative because it has very high potentials to impede the reversion of extant consumer cities to centres of production. This paper therefore argues that the prospect of sustainable urban development in post-2015 planning period is very low. Ideological and policy changes are required to redress this situation. To this end, the paper attempts to identify requisite development ideology and policy changes specifically to enhance the productive health of the city.
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从规划角度看非洲可持续城市发展的前景
摘要:自15世纪中叶以来,帝国主义的认识论基础是一个持续的过程,它导致了非洲城市对结构性逆境的脆弱性。21世纪以来,非洲出现了传说中的“没有增长的城市化”和“没有发展的增长”,而结构性逆境的脆弱性就是罪魁祸首。这种脆弱性威胁到可持续城市发展倡议,因为它极有可能阻碍现有消费城市向生产中心的转变。因此,本文认为2015年后规划时期城市可持续发展的前景非常渺茫。需要改变意识形态和政策来纠正这种情况。为此,本文试图确定必要的发展思想和政策变化,具体提高城市的生产健康。
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International Planning Studies
International Planning Studies REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING-
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期刊介绍: Planning, at urban, regional, national and international levels, faces new challenges, notably those related to the growth of globalisation as both an objective socio-economic process and a shift in policy-maker perceptions and modes of analysis. International Planning Studies (IPS) addresses these issues by publishing quality research in a variety of specific fields and from a range of theoretical and normative perspectives, which helps improve understanding of the actual and potential role of planning and planners in this context.
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