TY - JOUR
T1 - Africa's urbanisation
T2 - Implications for sustainable development
AU - Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful
AU - Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odei
AU - Amoateng, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Sustainable development remains one of the most advocated development concepts worldwide, yet, there continues to be limited signs of progress towards its achievement in Africa. Recent studies identify rapid and unplanned urbanisation as a major threat. With Africa expected to become a home to nearly quarter (1.3 billion) of the world's urban population in 2050, research into the ramifications of urbanisation on the functionality of the region's urban environment is urgent and tenable. This paper fleshes out and teases apart the implications of rapid urbanisation on sustainable development of Africa.
AB - Sustainable development remains one of the most advocated development concepts worldwide, yet, there continues to be limited signs of progress towards its achievement in Africa. Recent studies identify rapid and unplanned urbanisation as a major threat. With Africa expected to become a home to nearly quarter (1.3 billion) of the world's urban population in 2050, research into the ramifications of urbanisation on the functionality of the region's urban environment is urgent and tenable. This paper fleshes out and teases apart the implications of rapid urbanisation on sustainable development of Africa.
KW - Africa
KW - Poverty reduction
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Urban areas
KW - Urbanisation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939416847&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cities.2015.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.cities.2015.03.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939416847
VL - 47
SP - 62
EP - 72
JO - Cities
JF - Cities
SN - 0264-2751
ER -