1st Edition
Planning in Contemporary Africa The State, Town Planning and Society in Cameroon
By Ambe J. Njoh
Copyright 2003
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why do authorities in post-colonial African states continue to employ European or Western planning models? What are the implications for different societal groups of adopting such models? Several decades following independence, this outstanding volume provides in-depth empirical research to uncover the answers to such questions. The book focuses in particular on Cameroon, the only African... Read more
Contents: Introduction and overview; Theories of the state and the state in Cameroon; Institutional framework for planning; Colonial roots of land use and physical planning; Urban land use and control measures; Housing and housing policy; Local government administration, sanitation and waste management; Transportation infrastructure and policy; Street and property identification; Urban planning and women; References; Index.
Biography
Ambe J. Njoh
'The study provides a lot of interesting and important material on planning in Cameroon, which is put into a wider context...The strength...is certainly the empirical grounding of the argumentation...the study is of high relevance for those working on Western Africa.' Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture '...the author is to be congratulated in...bringing new empirical material to a wider audience.' International Planning Studies
