Contemporary models for pro-poor housing in urban Sub-Saharan Africa /

The proportion of the world's urban population is expected to increase to about 57% by 2050, and the share of Africa's urban population is project to increase to 60% by the same year.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chipungu, Lovemore, Magidimisha-Chipungu, Hope, 1984-, Kamuzhanje, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2025.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An overview of housing and the urban poor South of the Sahara
  • Part 1: Embracing inequality in the production process
  • Housing facilities challenges for internally displaced households in Bonaberi-Douala, Cameroon
  • Housing delivery for the poor in informal settlements: Contrapuntal urbanism in a postcolonial context of Windhoek, Namibia
  • Land assembly for social housing developments and the advancement of spatial transformation: Case of the Aloe Ridge social housing project in Msunduzi Municipality
  • From passive victims of elite housing policies to formal decision-making spaces for impactful delivery: Lessons from efforts of urban social movements in Zimbabwe.-Best practices for designing and building alternative models of smart affordable housing for low-income families
  • Part 2: Housing finance
  • Uncovering the inadequacies of South Africa's housing finance system: A deep dive into the persistent housing challenges
  • The search for housing finance in contested housing schemes in post-2000 housing schemes in Harare
  • Part 3: Balancing the formal and informal - Innovative trends
  • Sport and recreational facilities as catalysts for development and social change in low-income human settlements in Greater Kokstad Municipality, South Africa
  • Strategies for sustainable public housing programmes in Bauchi State, Nigeria
  • Urban gatekeepers perception and challenges of planning implementation in north-central Nigeria
  • Inclusionary housing and mixed-use development as a strategy to house the urban poor: Proposal for a selected precinct of Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • (De)Constructing tenure prospects in emerging housing schemes A case study of Harare
  • Gender inequality and access to adequate housing provision in Buea, south west of Cameroon
  • Backyard dwellings in the City of Cape Town: Implications for urban management
  • Housing the urban poor An Epilogue.