Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa

The Planner in Dirty Shoes
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-45576-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

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 provides an introduction to the case study methodology and features examples of its application to planning research and education on the continent.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duminy, James

Andreasen, Jørgen

Lerise, Fred

Odendaal, N.

Watson, V.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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