Author : Gordon McGranahan
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ISBN 13 : 9781843697626
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (976 download)
Book Synopsis Africa's Urban Transition and the Role of Regional Collaboration by : Gordon McGranahan
Download or read book Africa's Urban Transition and the Role of Regional Collaboration written by Gordon McGranahan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is in the midst of an urban transition and getting this transition right is critical. The continent's urban population is growing at about 3.3 per cent a year, the combined outcome of an overall population growth rate of 2.2 per cent a year and an urbanization rate of 1.1 per cent a year. Over the next ten years, Africa's urban population is projected to increase by over 150 million. Economic difficulties may reduce rural-urban migration, but Africa's towns and cities are not ready to accommodate anything like this many new residents.