The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations
Browse

African Dreams: Locating Urban Infrastructure in the 2030 Sustainable Developmental Agenda

Download (1.77 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2024-09-05, 21:12 authored by Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell, Gareth Haysom
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.

History

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Citation

Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell & Gareth Haysom (2018) African dreams: locating urban infrastructure in the 2030 sustainable developmental agenda, Area Development and Policy, 3:2, 149-169, DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2018.1428111

IDS Item Types

Article

Copyright holder

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

Identifier Ag

ES/L008610/1

Usage metrics

    Impact Initiative - Urban/Rural

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC