African Cities Through Local Eyes: Experiments in Place-Based Planning and Design

This book provides an overview of place-based planning and design experiments addressing African urban transformations. It explores emerging research concepts,bottom-up practices,and co-design methods for steering change through public spaces,sustainable services,and infrastructures. It is intended for students,researchers,decision-makers,and practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 17 October 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book offers readers a thorough exploration of place-based planning and design experiments, delving into the profound transformations occurring in the African built environment. The continent is experiencing a rapid surge in urbanization, institutional reform, and environmental changes, fueling a growing demand for innovative architectural solutions, urban designs, and comprehensive planning initiatives.

The diverse collection of contributions in this book showcases emerging research concepts aimed at understanding urban and peri-urban processes in Africa. It discusses bottom-up planning and design practices, highlighting inspiring and innovative co-design methods and participatory tools that facilitate steering transformative change through public spaces, sustainable services, and infrastructure.

Designed with students, researchers, decision-makers, and practitioners in planning and design for the African built environment and the Global South in mind, this book serves as a valuable resource for advancing knowledge and practices in this field.

Weight: 696g
Dimension: 159 x 261 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030849054
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021