African Urban Economies (PDF)

PHIL AMIS Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK
JO BEALL Director, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), London School of Economics, UK
OWEN CRANKSHAW Associate Professor, Sociology Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa
PAUL JENKINS Director, Centre for Environment and Human Settlements, UK
PRISCILLA WANJIRU KARIUKI Professor of Psychology, College of Education and External Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi
ROLAND MARCHAL Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Studies and Research/National Center for Scientific Research (CERI/CNRS), USA
NICI NELSON Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
SULEIMAN NGWARE Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
AUGUSTUS NUWAGABA Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda
SUSAN PARNELL Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa
CAROLE RAKODI Professor of International Urban Development, International Development Department, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK
ANN SCHLYTER Associate Professor and Director, Center for Global Gender Studies, Göteborg University, Sweden
ONALENNA SELOLWANE Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, Botswana

'The volume offers a good introduction to urban, and especially urban dvelopment, themes in Africa'. - Bill Freund, Journal of Southern African Studies

'...the editors of this volume should be complimented for bringing together a number of concise case studies, which cover substantial geographical ground. As such, it offers an analysis of statistical and recent census data, which will certainly be of interest to readers with a general interest in Africa.' - J. Joost Beuving, Modern African Studies

'It is an important book for those concerend with urbanization on a global scale and especially in Africa, providing new insights into the fast-chaning reality of urbanization in Africa today.' - Adrian Atkinson, Development and Change

'This thorough and well-composed volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the key issues of urban development in contemporary eastern and southern Africa.' - Garth A. Myers African Affairs