Journal of Urban Affairs, Volume 45, Issue 3 (2023)

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City in Africa

City in Africa I: Urbanism and Informality

Introduction
City in Africa I: Urbanism and informality
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
Pages: 297-301
Published online: 03 Feb 2023
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Property rights, public health, and planning for informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Smith Ouma, Jason Corburn & Jane Weru
Pages: 302-316
Published online: 12 May 2022
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Street vending on Addis Ababa’s sidewalks: A sign of vibrancy and identity or a nuisance for pedestrians?
Mintesnot Woldeamanuel, Nardos Abebe & Faith Supangkat
Pages: 317-334
Published online: 07 Jan 2022
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Understanding residential mobility: Why the African context matters
Els Keunen & Astrid Ley
Pages: 335-352
Published online: 10 Jun 2022
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Shadow men: The third wheel of public transport in Ghana
Vincent Aggrey, Philipa Birago Akuoko & Anastasia Amoako-Arhen
Pages: 353-366
Published online: 25 Feb 2022
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Accessibility, mobility, and spatial justice in Nairobi, Kenya
Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai & Sophie Schramm
Pages: 367-389
Published online: 14 Jul 2022
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Mapping spatial and temporal dynamics in urban growth: The case of secondary cities in northern Ghana
Prosper Issahaku Korah, Lazarus Jambadu & Abraham Marshall Nunbogu
Pages: 390-406
Published online: 20 Sep 2022
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Entanglements in urban governance in new African cities: Appolonia City in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Richmond Juvenile Ehwi & Nicky Morrison
Pages: 407-427
Published online: 30 Jun 2022
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Subaltern urbanism as a way of life: Redefining and (re)imagining postcolonial urbanity in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Talent Moyo
Pages: 428-440
Published online: 11 Oct 2022
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Exploring the rationalization, functional integration and socio-spatial implications of Zimbabwe’s New Capital City (NCC)
Elmond Bandauko & Robert Nutifafa Arku
Pages: 441-460
Published online: 19 Jan 2023
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The alley as an expression of urban form: Understanding the logic of African urban dynamics
Genet Alem & Felix Domogalla
Pages: 461-482
Published online: 07 Jul 2022
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City in Africa II: Urban Environmental Health

Introduction
City in Africa II: Urban environmental health
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
Pages: 483-487
Published online: 07 Feb 2023
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Experiential Knowledge of urbanites on climatic changes in the Sunyani municipality, Ghana
Daniel Adusu, David Anaafo, Simon Abugre & Michael Addaney
Pages: 488-504
Published online: 08 Apr 2022
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Probing political paradox: Urban expansion, floods risk vulnerability and social justice in urban Africa
Lasse Møller-Jensen, Jytte Agergaard, Manja H. Andreasen, Richard Y. Kofie, Gerald A.B. Yiran & Martin Oteng-Ababio
Pages: 505-521
Published online: 27 Oct 2022
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Towards an alternative interpretation of the socio-cultural dimensions of urban greenspace planning in the Global South: Evidence from the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana
Stephen Kofi Diko & Leah M. Hollstein
Pages: 522-545
Published online: 03 Jun 2021
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Exploring local activism in the neighborhoods of Cairo
Aya Elwageeh, Reinout Kleinhans & Maarten van Ham
Pages: 546-569
Published online: 09 Dec 2022
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Social capital, access to healthcare, and health-related quality of life in urban Ghana
Padmore Adusei Amoah & Moses Adjei
Pages: 570-589
Published online: 11 Oct 2021
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Property rights and health for the urban housing poor in Nairobi: Evidence from a phased-in natural experiment
Singumbe Muyeba
Pages: 590-615
Published online: 16 Dec 2021
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Pandemic urbanization: How South Africa’s history of labor and disease control creates its current disparities
Brandon Marc Finn
Pages: 616-629
Published online: 26 Sep 2022
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Violence as a genre of urban life: Urban sustainability and (in)security in South African cities
Stefan Norgaard
Pages: 630-646
Published online: 20 Oct 2021
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The gendered postconflict city: Possibilities for more livable urban transformations in Gulu, northern Uganda
John C. Harris, Daniel Komakech, David Monk & Maria del Guadalupe Davidson
Pages: 647-664
Published online: 10 Aug 2022
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Examining the impact of in-situ infrastructural upgrading on sustainability in informal settlements: The case of Accra, Ghana
Hsi-Chuan Wang
Pages: 665-684
Published online: 26 Aug 2022
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Street naming and political identity in the postcolonial African city: A social sustainability framework
Eric Yankson
Pages: 685-709
Published online: 15 Feb 2023
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Glasgow: High-rise homes, estates and communities in the post-war period, by Lynn Abrams, Ade Kearns, Barry Hazley and Valerie Wright
London and New York, Routledge, 2020
David P. Varady
Pages: 710-711
Published online: 13 Sep 2022
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The streets belong to us: Sex, race, and police power from segregation to gentrification, by Anne Gray Fischer
Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina Press, 2022
Michelle N. Eliasson
Pages: 712-713
Published online: 26 Aug 2022
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Companion to public space, edited by Vikas Mehta and Danilo Palazzo
New York, Routledge, 2020
Arindam Roy
Pages: 713-715
Published online: 08 Sep 2022
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Speculations on the question: What is housing?, by Peter King
London and New York, Routledge, 2022
William Clark
Pages: 715-717
Published online: 26 Aug 2022
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Private metropolis: The eclipse of local democratic governance, by Dennis R. Judd, Evan McKenzie and Alba Alexander (eds.)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, 2021
Todd Swanstrom
Pages: 717-719
Published online: 11 Oct 2022
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Shaking up the city: Ignorance, inequality, and the urban question, by Tom Slater
Oakland, CA, University of California Press, 2021
Carlos Lopez-Ortiz
Pages: 719-721
Published online: 13 Oct 2022
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The poor side of town and why we need it, by Howard Husock
New York, NY, Encounter Books, 2021
Alexander von Hoffman
Pages: 721-723
Published online: 31 Oct 2022
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Fixer-upper: How to repair America’s broken housing systems, by Jenny Schuetz
Washington, DC, Brookings Institution Press, 2022
Katrin B. Anacker
Pages: 723-725
Published online: 12 Oct 2022
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Correction
Correction
Pages: 726-727
Published online: 11 Mar 2021
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