Journal Special Issue
African Development in an Urban World

Beyond the Tipping Point

In 2007 the number of urban inhabitants will surpass rural dwellers as a percentage of the total world population. By 2030 the proportion of people living in cities globally is expected to reach 61%, with almost 80% of urban dwellers living in less developed countries. For the first time in history the world will tip from being predominantly rural to predominantly urban and virtually all projected world population growth will be absorbed by cities in the south over the next fifty years. We need to understand the implications of this 2007 tipping point for cities as well as the countries, regions, and international development systems of which they are a part.

Table of contents
  1. Introduction: African Development in an Urban World
    Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur
  2. Cityness and African Urban Development
    Edgar Pieterse
    More Working Paper | Cityness and African Urban Development
  3. African Urbanization as Flight?: Some Policy Implications of Geography
    Patricia Clarke Annez, Robert Buckley, Jerry Kalarickal
  4. The Challenges of Global Environmental Change for Urban Africa
    David Simon
    More Working Paper | The Challenges of Global Environmental Change for Urban Africa
  5. Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Implications for Urban Development in Nigeria
    Taiwo Peace Ogun
    More Working Paper | Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction
  6. Urban Development Transitions and Their Implications for Poverty Reduction and Policy Planning in Uganda
    Paul Isolo Mukwaya, Hannington Sengendo, Shuaib Lwasa
    More Working Paper | Urban Development Transitions and their Implications for Poverty Reduction and Policy Planning in Uganda
  7. Is There Such a Thing as a Post-apartheid City?
    Bill Freund
    More Working Paper | Is There Such a Thing as a Post-Apartheid City?
  8. The Tangled Web of Associational Life: Urban Governance and the Politics of Popular Livelihoods in Nigeria
    Kate Meagher
    More Working Paper | The Tangled Web of Associational Life
  9. Passage, Profit, Protection, and the Challenge of Participation: Building and Belonging in African Cities
    Loren B. Landau
    More Working Paper | Passage, Profit, Protection and the Challenge of Participation
  10. Contemporary South African Urbanization Dynamics
    Alison Todes, Pieter Kok, Marie Wentzel, Johan van Zyl, Catherine Cross
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