The proportion of the world's urban population is expected to increase to about 57% by 2050, and the share of Africa's urban population is project to increase to 60% by the same year. As a result of this phenomenal growth in urban population, urbanization and urban poverty have begun to dominate the development discourse again after years of focusing on rural development. Housing is a crucial issue for the urban poor, who often lack land to build their own houses or access to financing that would allow them to purchase or build homes and are frequently concentrated in informal settlements with insufficient access to infrastructure, health, and education services. Furthermore, housing provision has largely fallen to central governments, and policy has largely overlooked the capacity of the urban poor-as individuals and communities-to provide housing for themselves.
This book engages these challenges and assumptions, offering insight into political, economic, environmental, and financial frameworks that can help facilitate adequate housing options. Drawing on examples from case studies across sub-Saharan Africa, these contributions center the urban poor in initiatives to develop housing infrastructure, offering lessons for researchers and governments looking to address an ever-escalating housing crisis.
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Springer International Publishing
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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XII, 357 p. 66 illus., 65 illus. in color.
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-032-05488-3 (9783032054883)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Lovemore Chipungu
: holds a PhD in Town and Regional Planning, a Master's Degree in Rural and Urban Planning as well as a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Rural and Urban Planning. He is an active member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Regional and Urban Planners as well as a Corporate Member of the South African Planning Institute. He is currently an Professor in the School of the Built Environment and Development Studies, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Professor Chipungu is both a practitioner and academic. In addition, he is an editorial board member of various journals and the Managing Editor of the Journal of Inclusive Cities and the Built Environment. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and books; and his areas of interest are housing policy, land-use planning and urban design. He is currently a co-co-principal investigator on a project on inclusive cities in Southern Africa.
Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu
is a full Professor of Town and Regional Planning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, SARChI Chair for inclusive Cities and a national planning commissioner at the office of the presidency. She is the senior editor of
Climate interaction Journal published by Tylor and Francis
, the
Journal of Inclusive Cities and Built Environment
, and she serves on several boards locally and internationally with a focus on the built environment.
Joseph Kamuzhanje
: has over 30 years of experience in the development sector. He worked for 15 years in the Department of Physical Planning in the Ministry of Local Government, where he rose to be the Chief Planning Officer for Matebeleland South Province between 2002 and 2007. He holds a BSc in Rural and Urban Planning, and MSc in Regional Development Planning and Management and he is a Professor of Practice in Regional and Urban Planning. He has worked in Government, civil society (both humanitarian and development), and in the private sector. He has contributed to several books and papers on rural, urban, and regional development. He is currently working with the University of Venda (South Africa), University of KwaZulu Natal (South Africa) and the Federal University of Technology, Minna (Nigeria), on various publications for books and journals.
