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Africa's Urban Revolution

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Africa's Urban Revolution, edited by EGS Professor Sue Parnell and Professor Edgar Pieterse from the African Centre for Cities.

March 2014 saw the launch of the eagerly-awaited volume Africa's Urban Revolution, edited by EGS Professor Sue Parnell and Professor Edgar Pieterse from the African Centre for Cities. Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners associated with the African Centre for Cities, and utilising a diverse array of case studies, Africa's Urban Revolution provides a comprehensive insight into the key issues - demographic, cultural, political, technical, environmental and economic - surrounding African urbanisation. Contributors to the book include Carole Rakodi; Jo Beall; Vanessa Watson; Bruce Frayne and Ivan Turok.