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Governing the urban fringes: the impacts of Africa’s urban growth on peri-urban areas
The rapid expansion of Africa’s cities is considered as one of the continent’s main socio-economic challenges.
Unlike in Europe, North America and East Asia, the spatial trend of urban expansion in sub-Saharan Africa is horizontal. Rather than growing upward through taller buildings, Africa’s cities expand into their peri-urban rural outskirts. Thus, peri-urban areas are undergoing considerable spatial, socio-economic and administrative change: farmland is absorbed by buildings and commercial activities, land prices are spiking and new class dynamics can be observed.
France-Japan Dialogue on African development: Toward the TICAD 9
Every three years, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) brings together Japan, its African partners, and international organizations to discuss the development of Africa.
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