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Global urban development: the case of africa*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Walther Manshard
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Abstract

An attempt is made to describe the global urban situation, stressing important aspects of cross-cultural links and environmental problems for the urban development of sub-Saharan Africa. As a consequence of Agenda 21, passed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (1992), there exists an urgent and growing need to analyse further and assess the research and planning of urban development in the South.

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FOCUS—Cities
Information
European Review , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 195 - 207
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Copyright © Academia Europaea 1995

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