DIY Urbanism in Africa: Politics and Practice

Protracted economic crises, accelerating inequalities, and increased resource scarcity challenge Africa's urban population, requiring residents to draw on their own resources, knowledge, and expertise to resolve life and livelihood dilemmas. DIY Urbanism in Africa investigates these practices and presents case studies to demonstrate how residents invent new DIY tactics and strategies in response to security, place-making, or economic problems. It offers a timely critical intervention into literatures on urban development and politics in Africa, valuable to students, policymakers, and urban practitioners.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Africa's urban population faces significant challenges due to protracted economic crises, accelerating inequalities, and increased resource scarcity. Limited state capacity and widespread infrastructure deficiencies in cities across the continent often require residents to draw on their own resources, knowledge, and expertise to resolve these life and livelihood dilemmas. DIY Urbanism in Africa explores these practices and develops a theoretical framework to analyze them. It presents a series of case studies to demonstrate how residents invent new DIY tactics and strategies in response to security, place-making, or economic problems. This book offers a timely critical intervention into literatures on urban development and politics in Africa, valuable to students, policymakers, and urban practitioners keen to understand the mechanisms and political implications of widespread dynamics now shaping Africa's expanding urban environments.

Weight: 396g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786999023