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The State of African Cities 2010

Governance, Inequality and Urban Land Markets

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UN Habitat, Urban LandMark

01 November 2010

Thierry Naudin

English

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Research report

South Africa, Namibia, Morocco, Kenya, Egypt, Congo, Angola

The State of the African Cities 2010 goes above and beyond the first report, which provided a general overview of housing and urban management issues in Africa. With the subtitle: Governance, inequity and urban land markets, the report uncovers critical urban issues and challenges in African cities, using social and urban geography as the overall entry points. While examining poverty, slum incidence and governance, the report sheds more light on inequity in African cities, and in this respect follows the main theme of the global State of the World’s Cities 2010 report.

Through a regional analysis, the report delves deeper into the main urban challenges facing African cities, while provoking dialogue and discussion on the role of African cities in improving national, regional and local economies through sustainable and equitable development. The report has been drafted in cooperation with Urban Land Mark. Through an analytical survey of several African cities, the report examines urban growth, social conditions in slums, environmental and energy issues and, especially, the role of urban land markets in accessing land and housing.


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Africa

Angola

Built environment

Congo

Egypt

Energy

Environment

Governance

Housing demand

Human settlements

Kenya

Morocco

Namibia

Slums and squatter settlements

South Africa

Urban and Regional Dynamics

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