Protracted economic crises, accelerating inequalities, and increased resource scarcity present significant challenges for the majority of Africa's urban population. Limited state capacity and widespread infrastructure deficiencies common in cities across the continent often require residents to draw on their own resources, knowledge, and expertise to resolve these ...

The collection addresses how across Africa’s cities urban dwellers are preparing and planning for a variety of climate and environmental shocks and stresses within situations of infrastructural deficiencies and socio-economic distress.