Everyday Urban Practices in Africa : Disrupting Global Norms
This book disrupts the dominant underlying international norms informing urban development strategies across African cities. International policy frameworks have created a new universal agenda for developing cities. However, these frameworks have also imposed global paradigms and discourses that are...
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2024
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