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  • 17 - Urban Planning and Quality of Life of Urban Residents in Africa

  • from Part III - Sustainable Urban Planning in Africa
  • Edited by Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, University of Melbourne, Eric Gaisie, University of Melbourne
  • Book:
    Reimagining Urban Planning in Africa
    Published online:
    07 December 2023
    Print publication:
    21 December 2023, pp 303-324

  • Summary

    The rapid rate of urbanisation in Africa accompanied by a myriad of socio-economic, physical and environmental challenges and the persistence of these challenges have called into question the effectiveness of urban planning in managing this phenomenon to achieve an improved quality of life. This chapter, through an extensive review of the literature, examines the magnitude of Africa’s urbanisation challenges, the planning response to those challenges and the effects of planning on the quality of life. The chapter notes a peculiar urbanisation with rapid human agglomeration but without commensurate urban facilities and services. Urban planning is characterised by heavy reliance on western planning models that has made it less responsive to the socio-economic, cultural and spatial requirements of the people, thus making cities less liveable. The chapter calls for a re-examination of urban planning practice and suggests measures that could be explored to reposition urban planning for effective urban management in Africa.