Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa
The Planner in Dirty Shoes
Published on 1. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XX, 267 pages
978-1-349-45576-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South. It provides an introduction to the case study methodology and features examples of its application to planning research and education on the continent.
Reviews / Votes
'his book constitutes an effort in the right ... as the case study method research methodology promises to be an effective tool for research and teaching that deepens our contextualized understanding of the urbanization realities in Africa. I recommend researchers and lecturers of graduate and postgraduate students in planning and architecture to read this book for it should inform their research approach, relevant education curricula and teaching methods. Students may particularly read it in order to demand quality education that will appropriately equip them to be relevant planners and architects.' - Tumsifu Jonas Nnkya, Urban Africa
More details
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XX, 267 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-45576-8 (9781349455768)
DOI
10.1057/9781137307958
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
James Duminy | Jørgen Andreasen | Fred Lerise
Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa
The Planner in Dirty Shoes
Book
10/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Persons
Daniel Inkoom, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Mtafu Manda, Mzuzu University, Malawi
Victor Onyebueke, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Christopher Anierobi, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Joy Ogbazi, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Ezeadichie Nkeiru, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Stephen Mukiibi, Makerere University, Uganda
Sarah Charlton, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Karina Landman, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Content
Foreword; Bent Flyvbjerg Introduction; James Duminy, Vanessa Watson and Nancy Odendaal PART I: THE CASE STUDY METHOD IN AFRICA 1. Methodological Dimensions; James Duminy, Nancy Odendaal and Vanessa Watson 2. Strategies of Case Research on African Urbanization and Planning; James Duminy PART II: CASE STUDIES AS A RESEARCH METHOD 3. Anloga Woodworkers in Kumasi, Ghana: The Long Road to 'Formality'; Daniel Inkoom 4. Bicycle Taxis (Sacramentos) in Mzuzu City: A Business Venture Misunderstood; Mtafu Manda 5. Relocation and Defiance in the Dhamidja-Azikiwe Informal Shopping Belt in Enugu, Nigeria: Actions Still Speak Louder than Words; Victor Onyebueke and Christopher Anierobi 6. Participatory Planning: A Case Study of a Solid Waste Management Improvement Project in Enugu, Nigeria; Joy Ogbazi and Nkeiru Ezeadichie PART III CASE STUDY AS A TEACHING METHOD 7. Case Method as a Way of Teaching Architecture at Makerere University; Stephen Mukiibi 8. Working and Living in Johannesburg: Insights into the Housing Circumstances of Informal Recyclers; Sarah Charlton 9. Learning through Real-life Experience: Using Case Studies for Urban Planning and Design Education; Karina Landman Conclusion; James Duminy and Vanessa Watson