scholarly journals Land Regularization and Community Development Nexus in Cities of Sub Saharan Africa: A Critical Review with Urban Growth and Development Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund Zakayo ◽  
Emmanuel Patroba Mhache ◽  
Magigi Wakuru
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Title Deed ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Planning Approaches

Land regularization is an emerging urban planning tool which is directly linked to community development, particularly when one want to acquire title deed in unplanned settlements in cities of Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper contributes knowledge base critically with a view on land regularization and community development reviews in cities growth and development processes perspectives. Different urban planning approaches and modes have been discussed to provide a base for critical analysis and understanding in the context of land regularization and community development nexus, interlinkages and their impacts in Sub-Saharan Cities for learning and replications.

Diversity of urban growth patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1960–2010 period

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eléonore Wolff ◽  
Taïs Grippa ◽  
Yann Forget ◽  
Stefanos Georganos ◽  
Sabine Vanhuysse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals The association between household socio-economic status, maternal socio-demographic characteristics and adverse birth and infant growth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Bwangandu Ngandu ◽  
Douglas Momberg ◽  
Ansuyah Magan ◽  
Lumbwe Chola ◽  
Shane A. Norris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Infant Growth ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Adverse Birth Outcomes ◽  
Cardiometabolic Diseases ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Sub Saharan

AbstractAdverse birth outcomes and infant undernutrition remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Impaired infant growth and development, which often begins during foetal development, may persist during the first 2 years of life and has been associated with higher risks of cardiometabolic diseases. This systematic review assessed the associations between maternal demographic characteristics and household socio-economic status (SES), and preterm birth (PTB), small for gestational age, low birth weight (LBW), stunting, wasting and underweight in children under 2 years of age in SSA countries. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we searched for publications in three electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus and ScienceDirect). Eleven studies on children under 2 years of age, in four SSA regions, published in English between 1990 and 2018, were included. All the studies were observational in design (cross-sectional or cohort studies). Maternal education was the most commonly explored exposure. Most studies (63.3%) focused on undernutrition during the first 2 years of life: LBW, PTB and stunting. Lower maternal education, maternal unemployment and lower household wealth index were the SES factors most commonly associated with adverse birth outcomes and infant undernutrition. Maternal marital status was not associated with any infant outcomes. The definitions of the SES varied, which may explain discrepancies between studies. Nutrition intervention programs in SSA need to promote education and poverty alleviation in women at reproductive age, starting from pre-pregnancy, to optimise infant growth and development and prevent the increase in the prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases.

scholarly journals Student-perceived criteria for assessing university relevance in community development

2016 ◽  
Vol Volume 112 (Number 11/12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Francis ◽  
Beata Kilonzo ◽  
Pertina Nyamukondiwa ◽  
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◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, universities are increasingly being called upon to contribute more towards combating poverty and promoting development in rural areas. Yet, it is still argued that universities are ivory towers, and as a result, their contribution to finding sustainable solutions to issues hampering the realisation of improved quality of life of people in rural areas remains unsatisfactory. This perception emanates from the universities’ apparent failure to articulate and demonstrate how they can achieve the desired goal stated above. Moreover, there are no universally embraced criteria for assessing the relevance of a rural area based university to the community it serves. This study was therefore carried out to determine the perceptions of University of Venda undergraduate students on what they believed were appropriate criteria for assessing the relevance of a rural area based university in community development in South Africa. Reflection circles, anchored on participatory research techniques, were used to engage the students. The results of the engagement were organised into sub-themes. The most prominent perceptions were: ‘A university has active long-term community-based development initiatives’; ‘A university is continuously addressing the real needs of the communities in question’; ‘University initiatives are creating jobs for its graduates and community members’; and ‘Continuous community requests for university assistance in solving the challenges militating against development’. The wide range of perceptions of students observed in this study is a useful input into initiatives seeking to develop an objective tool for assessing the relevance of a rural area based university in community development.

Urban planning, colonial doctrines and street naming in French Dakar and British Lagos, c. 1850–1930

Urban History ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIORA BIGON
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
History Of ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Street Naming ◽  
Indirect Rule

ABSTRACT:The published literature that has thoroughly treated the history of European planning in sub-Saharan Africa is still rather scanty. This article examines French and British colonial policies for town planning and street naming in Dakar and Lagos, their chief lieux de colonisation in West Africa. It will trace the relationships between the physical and conceptual aspects of town planning and the colonial doctrines that produced these plans from the official establishment of these cities as colonial capitals in the mid-nineteenth century and up to the inter-war period. Whereas in Dakar these aspects reflected a Eurocentric meta-narrative that excluded African histories and identities, a glimpse at contemporary Lagos shows the opposite. This study is one of few that compares colonial doctrines of assimilation to doctrines of indirect rule as each affects urban planning.

Urban Planning and the Creation of Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century

2019 ◽  
pp. 55-71
Author(s):  
Idowu Biao
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
City Council ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Cities ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sub Saharan

This chapter posits that the transformation of ancient African cities into modern cities using the modernist theory of planning did more harm than good. Not only has the modern city created many more urban poor than obtained in ancient cities, but the urban poor also remain the most vulnerable as their livelihoods have often come under threat from not only unfriendly city council regulations but also from the rigid safeguards of the modernist theory of town planning. Consequently, in order to promote the building of human-centered African cities which would serve all those that live in them, it is here suggested that the mystical, humanistic, and spatial values of ancient African cities should be further researched, so as to embed them into the transformation of existing and subsequent African cities.

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