Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa is written by Carlos Nunes Silva and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0415632307 (ISBN 10) and 9780415632300 (ISBN 13).

This book provides a research based and critical view of urban planning cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa during the colonial and post-colonial periods and identifies these influences on planning practices. It looks at planning as being strongly rooted in a particular culture based on the different planning systems, institutional arrangements, prevailing urban paradigms, legal traditions, political practices, and other cultural traits that all come into play.