Securing the resurgence of African cities
SOURCE: Local Economy
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Turok
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, TOWNS, URBANISATION
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7512
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3172
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3172
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Turok
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, TOWNS, URBANISATION
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7512
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3172
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3172
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Abstract
After two decades of stagnation and decline, there has been a turnaround in the fortunes of many African economies. The implications of this for the burgeoning urban population remain unclear because the connections between economic development and urbanisation appear to be weaker in Africa than elsewhere. It is possible that the benefits of the recovery could by-pass more than benefit the cities because growth is being driven mainly by the extraction of natural resources and not by broad-based industrialisation. The article argues therefore that economic policy in Africa needs a stronger spatial dimension, and that urban policy needs a stronger economic dimension.-
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