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  • 1.
    Mususa, Patience
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Marr, Stephen
    Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
    Comparing Climate Politics and Adaptation Strategies in African Cities: Challenges and Opportunities in the State-Community Divide2022In: Urban Forum, ISSN 1015-3802, E-ISSN 1874-6330, Vol. 33, no 1, p. 1-12Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Residents of African municipalities exhibit a lengthy and varied history of coping with conditions of pervasive precarity and uncertainty in the context of an unevenly present state. The climate crisis compounds these challenges. Based on case studies from across the continent, this introduction to a Special Issue on the Politics of Climate Action in Africa’s Cities presents research oriented around questions of “do-it-yourself” urbanism, sustainable development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts undertaken by socio-economically vulnerable citizens. It offers insight into how the urban poor respond to ongoing urban climate crises, the variable roles of an absent, ineffectual, or inattentive state, and the unequal power relations undergirding sustainability discourse and practice. It draws on a cross- regional comparative perspective that centres conversations about urban theory and development in a (urban) world succumbing to mounting pressures from climate change, environmental precarity, and pervasive inequities. 

  • 2.
    Nzeadibe, Thaddeus Chidi
    et al.
    Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
    Adama, Onyanta
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Urban Dynamics.
    Ingrained Inequalities?: Deconstructing Gendered Spaces in the Informal Waste Economy of Nigerian Cities2015In: Urban Forum, ISSN 1015-3802, E-ISSN 1874-6330, Vol. 26, no 2, p. 113-130Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 3.
    Udelsmann Rodrigues, Cristina
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Where is the State Missing?: Addressing Urban Climate Change at the Margins in Luanda and Maputo2022In: Urban Forum, ISSN 1015-3802, E-ISSN 1874-6330, Vol. 33, p. 35-49Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 4.
    Udelsmann Rodrigues, Cristina
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Urban Dynamics.
    Frias, Sónia
    Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; Centro de Estudos sobre África, Ásia e América Latina (CEsA), CSG, ISEG, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
    Between the City Lights and the Shade of Exclusion: Post-war accelerated urban transformation of Luanda, Angola2016In: Urban Forum, ISSN 1015-3802, E-ISSN 1874-6330, Vol. 27, p. 129-147Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    With nearly five centuries of history and major war-related impacts in the second half of the twentieth century, Luanda has recently been subject to outstanding changes that make the capital of Angola an important urban case study for Africa. Today, the city is not only an evident materialization of the oil wealth being channelled into reconstruction after decades of civil war, but also reflects and translates the diverse perspectives of its residents and policy makers regarding the city and urban life. As it is reconfigured, it also transforms the mentalities and daily lives of urban dwellers and policy stakeholders, reinforcing the idea of improvement and modernity. In order to better understand the processes of physical and social change that have taken place within the city and the intertwined logics, this article makes reference to three distinct key stages of its history, pointing out their main features and the transformations that have occurred: the colonial period of sociospatial dualization (1576-1974), the period between independence and the last peace agreement (1975-2002) of profound and extensive urban mixture, and the post-war period (2002-present) marked by accelerated sociospatial reconfigurations. More specifically, it analyses the very recent urban phenomena, the urban plans and new urban features, discussing the correlations between physical transformations and the rationalities and perspectives that accompany them, both of the urban planners and of the urban dwellers, discussing the implications in terms of new inclusions and exclusions in the city.

  • 5.
    Umar, Bridget Bwalya
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
    Chisola, Moses N.
    Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
    Membele, Garikai
    Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
    Kafwamba, David
    Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia.
    Kunda-Wamuwi, Chibuye F.
    Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia.
    Mushili, Beverly M.
    Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia.
    In the Intersection of Climate Risk and Social Vulnerabilities: a Case of Poor Urbanites in Lusaka, Zambia2023In: Urban Forum, ISSN 1015-3802, E-ISSN 1874-6330, Vol. 34, no 1, p. 133-153Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 6.
    Utas, Mats
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Lindell, Ilda
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Urban Dynamics.
    Networked City Life in Africa: Introduction2012In: Urban Forum, ISSN 1015-3802, E-ISSN 1874-6330, Vol. 23, no 4, p. 409-414Article in journal (Refereed)
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