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Urban Dynamics in Africa: Measuring, Monitoring and Shaping Change through Multiple Lenses book cover

1st Edition

Urban Dynamics in Africa Measuring, Monitoring and Shaping Change through Multiple Lenses

Edited By Cristina Delgado Henriques, Victor Ferreira, Cristina Cavaco Copyright 2027
118 Pages
by Routledge

Urban Dynamics in Africa explores how African cities are being transformed and how that change can be understood through diverse methods and perspectives. Bringing together contributions from across the continent, the book examines urban transformation as a complex process that is at once spatial, social, environmental, and political. Understanding African urban change requires not only... Read more

Introduction: Urban dynamics in Africa: measuring, monitoring and shaping change through multiple lenses

Cristina Delgado Henriques, Victor Ferreira and Cristina Cavaco

 

2. Geospatial assessment of urban sprawl in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Ghana from 1991 to 2023

Ernest Biney, Eric Kwabena Forkuo, Michael Poku-Boansi and Yaw Mensah Asare

 

3. Mapping mobility in Namibia’s secondary cities informal settlements: a case study of Rehoboth

Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai, Chalil Dietrich, Leonie Christina Dietsch, Lilli Marie Motitschke and

Lena Wienand

 

4. Indoor Thermal Comfort in Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Mafalala, Maputo

Ezequiel Correia and Cristina Delgado Henriques

 

5. Placemaking for inclusive public spaces in South African townships: a community-led approach

Thendo Mafame and Anele Horn

 

6. Settlement-level economic performance as a factor influencing working-age population migration in South Africa

Kathryn A. Arnold, Alize le Roux, Julian L. Smit and Gerbrand G. Mans

 

7. Urban sprawl, urban form, and urban land use pattern: examining urban planning response to the causes and effects of urban sprawl in Kumasi, Ghana.

Donkor Ankrah, Stephen Appiah Takyi, Stephen Biliyitorb Liwur and Owusu Amponsah

 

Biography

Cristina Delgado Henriques is a Geographer and Urban Planner, Associate Professor at the Lisbon School of Architecture, with a Ph.D. in Urban Planning. Her research focuses on GIS, spatial analysis, and African urban studies, and she is actively engaged in coordinating funded projects in fundamental and applied research in the Global South.

Victor Ferreira is an Associate Professor at Lisbon School of Architecture, lecturing in Drawing, Geometry, Visualisation, 3D Modelling, Rendering, and Conservation. He holds a Ph.D. in Regional and Urban Planning (2011) and a degree in Architecture (1994). His research focuses on digital 3D documentation of the built environment for conservation and restoration.

Cristina Cavaco is a Ph.D., Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Lisbon School of Architecture. Her work focuses on urbanism and spatial planning, spanning urban policy, tourism, and morphology. Between 2012–2016, she served as Deputy Director General at DG Territory, contributing to Portugal's spatial planning laws and national strategies, and represented Portugal in several European cooperation and expert groups.

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