AFRICAN URBAN ECONOMIES: VIABILITY, VITALITY OR VITIATION?; ED. BY DEBORAH FAHY BRYCESON

How have Africa's large cities provided economic livelihood and shelter to growing populations amidst the continent's protracted economic crisis of the last three decades? African urban areas have not received as much attention as rural studies, yet the continent is steadily urbanizing with profound implications for national economic development and welfare. This book provides fresh insight into the dynamics of African urban economic growth and associated social and political change. Based on recent city case studies and longitudinal data collection, this book outlines economic trends and key urban theories in an accessible style. Are Africa's Most Populous And Economically Dominant Cities Engines Of Growth Or Infestations Of Economic Parasitism? This Book Highlights The 1apex2 Cities Of East And Southern Africa, A Region Hitherto Seen As Relatively Sparsely Populated And Rural In Nature. As Urbanization Levels Have Risen, Much Has Been Written About The Problems Of Urban Governance And Livelihood, Yet The Economic Coherence Of These Large Cities Remains Inapprehensible. How And Why Have Their Populations Grown In The Absence Of An Industrial Base? With A Racial Legacy Of Slave Trading, Colonial Divide And Rule Policies And Apartheid, Political Insecurity And Conflict Have Afflicted Many. Still Urbanization Has Proceeded And The Apex City Economies Have Endured, Nowhere More Remarkably Than In Mogadishu, A City Without A Municipal And National Government For Over A Decade. This Book Analyzes The East And Southern Africa's Apex City Economies, Probing How They Have Altered Structurally Over Time And Their Current Sources Of Economic Vitality And Vulnerability. Individual Case Study Chapters Are Written By Authors Who Have An In-depth, Authoritative Grasp Of The Fluctuating Fortunes Of The Individual Cities They Write About. In So Doing, They Confront A Number Of Key Issues And Questions: What Are The Short And Long-term Dynamics Of Infrastructural Investment On An Urban Economy? Does Tourism Offer A Viable Basis For Urban Economic Rejuvenation? What Influence Do Housing Policies Have On The Welfare And Livelihood Pursuits Of Urban Residents? Are Traditional Land Tenure Systems Compatible With The Development Of Urban Economies? Under What Conditions Do Urban And Rural Branches Of A Family Relinquish Their Economic Interdependence? How Well Do Civic Groups Serve The Interests Of The Urban Poor? Fragile Cities : Fundamentals Of Urban Life In East And Southern Africa / Deborah Fahy Bryceson -- African Urban Economies : Searching For Sources Of Sustainability / Deborah Fahy Bryceson -- Urban Growth And Urban Economies In Eastern And Southern Africa : Trends And Prospects / Deborah Potts -- Image Of The City In Mozambique : Civilization, Parasite, Engine Of Growth Or Place Of Opportunity? / Paul Jenkins -- Mombasa's Missing Link : Marginalization Or Mismanagement? / Carole Rakodi -- Dualism In Kampala : Squalid Slums In A Royal Realm / Augustus Nuwagaba -- Urban Poverty In East Africa : Nairobi And Kampala's Comparative Trajectories / Philip Amis -- Gikuyu Families In Nairobi At The Millenium : Changing Economic And Social Patterns Of Family Life / Priscilla Wanjiru Kariuki And Nici Nelson -- Resilience Of A City At War : Territoriality, Civil Order And Economic Exchange In Mogadishu / Roland Marchal -- A Matter Of Timing : Migration And Housing Access In Metropolitan Johannesburg / Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw And Sue Parnell -- Esther's House : One Woman's 'home Economics' In Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe / Ann Schlyter -- From Infrastructural Development To Privatization : Employment Creation And Poverty Reduction In Gaborone, Botswana / Onalenna Doo Selolwane -- Welfare Through Civic Participation : Tabata Development Fund, Da Es Salaam, Tanzania / Suleiman S. Ngware -- Vulnerability And Viability Of East And Southern Africa's Apex Cities / Deborah Fahy Bryceson. Edited By Deborah Fahy Bryceson And Deborah Potts. Most Of The Case Study Chapters Derive From Papers Originally Presented At The The Workshop African Urban Economy Held At The Afrika-studiecentrum, Leiden University, The Netherlands, In November 2001. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 About the authors......Page 9 Part I Introduction......Page 16 1 Fragile Cities: Fundamentals of Urban Life in East and Southern Africa......Page 18 2 African Urban Economies: Searching for Sources of Sustainability......Page 54 3 Urban Growth and Urban Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa: Trends and Prospects......Page 82 Part II City Economies in the Making......Page 120 4 Image of the City in Mozambique: Civilization, Parasite, Engine of Growth or Place of Opportunity?......Page 122 5 Mombasa's Missing Link: Marginalization or Mismanagement?......Page 146 6 Dualism in Kampala: Squalid Slums in a Royal Realm......Page 166 Part III Urban Livelihoods and Social Dynamics......Page 182 7 Urban Poverty in East Africa: Nairobi and Kampala's Comparative Trajectories......Page 184 8 Gikuyu Families in Nairobi at the Millennium: Changing Economic and Social Patterns of Family Life......Page 199 9 Resilience of a City at War: Territoriality, Civil Order and Economic Exchange in Mogadishu......Page 222 Part IV Urban Welfare, Housing and Infrastructure......Page 246 10 A Matter of Timing: Migration and Housing Access in Metropolitan Johannesburg......Page 248 11 Esther's House: One Woman's 'Home Economics' in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe......Page 269 12 From Infrastructural Development to Privatization: Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction in Gaborone, Botswana......Page 293 13 Welfare through Civic Participation: Tabata Development Fund, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania......Page 316 Part V Conclusion......Page 332 14 Vulnerability and Viability of East and Southern Africa's Apex Cities......Page 334 B......Page 356 D......Page 357 E......Page 358 F......Page 359 H......Page 360 I......Page 361 L......Page 362 M......Page 363 P......Page 364 S......Page 365 T......Page 366 U......Page 367 Z......Page 368 Résumé : Are Africa's most populous and economically dominant cities engines of growth or infestations of economic parasitism? This book highlights the b1 sapex b2 s cities of East and Southern Africa, a region hitherto seen as relatively sparsely populated and rural in nature. As urbanization levels have risen, much has been written about the problems of urban governance and livelihood, yet the economic coherence of these large cities remains inapprehensible. How and why have their populations grown in the absence of an industrial base? With a racial legacy of slave trading, colonial divide and rule policies and apartheid, political insecurity and conflict have afflicted many. Still urbanization has proceeded and the apex city economies have endured, nowhere more remarkably than in Mogadishu, a city without a municipal and national government for over a decade. This book analyzes the East and Southern Africa's apex city economies, probing how they have altered structurally over time and their current sources of economic vitality and vulnerability. Individual case study chapters are written by authors who have an in-depth, authoritative grasp of the fluctuating fortunes of the individual cities they write about. In so doing, they confront a number of key issues and questions : What are the short and long-term dynamics of infrastructural investment on an urban economy? Does tourism offer a viable basis for urban economic rejuvenation? What influence do housing policies have on the welfare and livelihood pursuits of urban residents? Are traditional land tenure systems compatible with the development of urban economies? Under what conditions do urban and rural branches of a family relinquish their economic interdependence? How well do civic groups serve the interests of the urban poor? Are Africa's most populous and economically dominant cities a force to reckon with in the twenty-first century? This book analyzes the economies of East and Southern Africa's 'apex' cities, probing how they have altered structurally over time and their current sources of economic vitality and vulnerability at local, national and international levels. Case study chapters focusing on Johannesburg, Chitungwiza, Gaborone, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala and Mogadishu shed new light on contemporary African urban prospects and problems.