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"This book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South. It is the outcome of a project operated by the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) from 2007 to 2011 to enhance case study research capacity amongst African planning students and academics. The editors and contributors argue that case study research can produce contextualized and empirical accounts of African urbanization and planning processes to challenge outdated assumptions underpinning urban planning education and practice in many parts of the continent. The volume features case studies and examples of innovative teaching practices from contexts including Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa"--
List of contents
Foreword; Bent Flyvbjerg Introduction; James Duminy, Vanessa Watson and Nancy Odendaal PART I: THE CASE STUDY METHOD IN AFRICA 1. Methodological Dimensions; James Duminy, Nancy Odendaal and Vanessa Watson 2. Strategies of Case Research on African Urbanization and Planning; James Duminy PART II: CASE STUDIES AS A RESEARCH METHOD 3. Anloga Woodworkers in Kumasi, Ghana: The Long Road to 'Formality'; Daniel Inkoom 4. Bicycle Taxis (Sacramentos) in Mzuzu City: A Business Venture Misunderstood; Mtafu Manda 5. Relocation and Defiance in the Dhamidja-Azikiwe Informal Shopping Belt in Enugu, Nigeria: Actions Still Speak Louder than Words; Victor Onyebueke and Christopher Anierobi 6. Participatory Planning: A Case Study of a Solid Waste Management Improvement Project in Enugu, Nigeria; Joy Ogbazi and Nkeiru Ezeadichie PART III CASE STUDY AS A TEACHING METHOD 7. Case Method as a Way of Teaching Architecture at Makerere University; Stephen Mukiibi 8. Working and Living in Johannesburg: Insights into the Housing Circumstances of Informal Recyclers; Sarah Charlton 9. Learning through Real-life Experience: Using Case Studies for Urban Planning and Design Education; Karina Landman Conclusion; James Duminy and Vanessa Watson
About the author
Daniel Inkoom, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Mtafu Manda, Mzuzu University, Malawi
Victor Onyebueke, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Christopher Anierobi, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Joy Ogbazi, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Ezeadichie Nkeiru, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Stephen Mukiibi, Makerere University, Uganda
Sarah Charlton, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Karina Landman, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Report
'his book constitutes an effort in the right ... as the case study method research methodology promises to be an effective tool for research and teaching that deepens our contextualized understanding of the urbanization realities in Africa. I recommend researchers and lecturers of graduate and postgraduate students in planning and architecture to read this book for it should inform their research approach, relevant education curricula and teaching methods. Students may particularly read it in order to demand quality education that will appropriately equip them to be relevant planners and architects.' - Tumsifu Jonas Nnkya, Urban Africa
