Everyday Urban Practices in Africa Disrupting Global Norms

• Main Author: Appelhans, Nadine
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2025
• Series: Routledge Studies in African Development
• Subjects: African Studies; Business; Business & Economics; City Planning & Urban Development; Development economics and emerging economies; Development studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Geography; Global North-South Divide; Human geography; Interdisciplinary studies; International Development; International Policy Frameworks; Nonfiction; Political Science; Politics; Politics and government; Public Policy; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Regional and area planning; Regional geography; Social groups, communities and identities; Social Science; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Sustainable Development Goals; The environment; Urban; Urban & Regional; Urban and municipal planning and policy; Urban communities; Urban Development Strategies; Urban Practices

This book disrupts the dominant underlying international norms informing urban development strategies across African cities. International policy frameworks have created a new universal agenda for developing cities. However, these frameworks have also imposed global paradigms and discourses that are...