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Planning Power: Town Planning and Social Control in Colonial Africa

by Ambe Njoh
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781844721603
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: UCL Press
  • Publisher Imprint: UCL Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 272
  • Original Price: GBP 165.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 1
  • Item Weight: 558 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Urban & Land Use Planning

With a multidisciplinary perspective, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa. Drawing out similarities in the colonial administrative and economic strategies of the two powers, rather than emphasizing the differences, the book offers an unusually nuanced view of African planning systems in a time of upheaval and political change. In showing how the colonial authorities sought to gain political and social control in Africa, it can be seen how their will to exert political power influenced every area of planning practice during this era.

This unique comparative analysis of British and French colonial town planning - covering the entire sub-Saharan African region - takes theories from a wide range of disciplines, including political science, history, urban and regional planning, economics and geography to paint a comprehensive picture of the subject. Written by a prolific researcher and writer in the political-economy of urban and regional planning in Africa, Planning Power is valuable reading for students and academics in a range of disciplines.

Ambe J. Njoh is Professor of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. His research interests include international development planning, interorganizational relations and urban and regional planning in Africa.

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