In Lagos, Nigeria, nothing short of a revolution is needed to resolve its pressing housing and urban planning challenges. This timely investigation highlights limitations with the changing scale of SH developments, and explores current provisions for SH within master planning doc...
LagosKumasibubonic plaguecolonial urban planningassimilation(in-)direct ruleThe Third Plague Pandemic originated in Southwest China in the mid-nineteenth century, reached Africa's shores around 1900, and spread globally for about a century. This article examines three plague loci in colonial Senegal (...
According to John Fried-mann's conceptions of "market ration" and "social ration", this paper reviews the role of modern urban planning under the market economic system and the dilemma of planning practice in China. It also makes clear the reasons why urban planning lost its role in city de...
A History of Urban Planning in Two West African Colonial Capitals: Residential Segregation in British Lagos and French Dakar (1850–1930) urban planningurbanizationsystem of parkwaysexpresswayszoningIn 1950, Lineu Prestes, the then mayor of Sao Paulo, commissioned the International Basic Economy... ...
Urban Planning Crisis: Infrastructure, Transportation, and “Slums” Employment and Jobs Violence, Crime, and Urban Space Back to top The overviews in this section portray the city from a variety of aspects and disciplines, each in a comprehensive way. Lagos State Government andare general surveys...
The challenges of sustainable urban development increases daily and the usual planning approaches to ameliorate these challenges are ineffective. This study assesses the applicability of ‘smart infrastructure’ to achieve sustainable urban development in Lagos metropolis. The study theoretical framework is ba...
Planning in Cities is an innovative collection which bridges theory and practice to explore the conflicting challenges of the increasingly rapid scale and speed of city growth with providing effective urban planning policies and manageme... R Zetter,R White - ITDG 被引量: 27发表: 2002年 Remote ...
Nigeria, a nation with population of more than 88 million has about 30% of its population living in urban areas. This proportion of the population in urban settlements has great implication on land-use planning and environmental quality. This is where it is desirable to examine the level of ...
While urban river restoration has become mainstream in the Global North, it remains scarce in Latin America, where most literature focuses on water quality, stream habitats, and watershed assessment, but planning and implementation lag behind. Colombia is undergoing a paradigm shift after pioneering th...
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