African dreams : locating urban infrastructure in the 2030 sustainable developmental agenda

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2018-02-01

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Taylor & Francis

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This paper examines African urban infrastructure and service delivery as an entry point for connecting African aspirations with the harsh developmental imperatives of urban management, creating a dialogue between scholarly knowledge and sustainable development policy aspirations. We note a shift to multimodal urban governance and highlight the significance of the synthesis of social, economic and ecological values in a normative vision of what an African metropolis might aspire to by 2030. The sustainable development vision provides a useful stimulus for Africa’s urban poly-crisis, demanding fresh interdisciplinary and normatively explicit thinking, grounded in a practical and realistic understanding of Africa’s infrastructure and governance challenges.

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URBANIZATION, 2030 AGENDA, AFRICAN URBAN GOVERNANCE, AFRICAN GOVERNANCE, AFRICAN INFRASTRUCTURE

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57476

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2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
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