African dreams: locating urban infrastructure in the 2030 sustainable developmental agenda. Issue 2 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pieterse, Edgar; Parnell, Susan; Haysom, Gareth
• Is Part Of: Area development and policy. Volume 3:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 149
• Page End: 169
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: urbanization -- 2030 Agenda -- African urban governance -- African governance -- African infrastructure -- informality -- New Urban Agenda (NUA) -- African city -- urban poverty; R1 -- R2 -- R3 -- R4 -- R5; 城镇化 -- 2030议程 -- 非洲城市治理 -- 非洲治理 -- 非洲基础设施 -- 非正规性 -- 新城市议程 -- 非洲城市 -- 城市贫困; urbanización -- agenda 2030 -- gobernabilidad urbana africana -- gobernabilidad africana -- infraestructura africana -- informalidad -- nueva agenda urbana -- ciudad africana -- pobreza urbana; Урбанизация -- приоритеты 2030 года -- управление городским хозяйством в Африке -- африканская инфраструктура -- неформальность -- новая программа развития городов -- африканский город -- городская нищета; Regional planning -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Human geography -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2018.1428111
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-2949

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper examines African urban infrastructure and service delivery as an entry point for connecting African aspirations with the harsh developmental imperatives of urban management, creating a dialogue between scholarly knowledge and sustainable development policy aspirations. We note a shift to multi-nodal urban governance and highlight the significance of the synthesis of social, economic and ecological values in a normative vision of what an African metropolis might aspire to by 2030. The sustainable development vision provides a useful stimulus for Africa's urban poly-crisis, demanding fresh interdisciplinary and normatively explicit thinking, grounded in a practical and realistic understanding of Africa's infrastructure and governance challenges.