Urban Forum Volume 33:1 : The Politics of Climate Action in Africa's Cities

Abstract

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.

<p>Articles in special issue:</p><p>Mususa, P., &amp; Marr, S. ‘Comparing Climate Politics and Adaptation Strategies in African Cities: Challenges and Opportunities in the State-Community Divide’. In Urban Forum (pp. 1-12). </p><p>Panman, A., Madison, I., Kimacha, N. N., &amp; Falisse, J. B. ‘Saving up for a rainy day? Savings groups and resilience to flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’. In Urban Forum (pp. 13-33). </p><p>Udelsmann Rodrigues, C. ‘Where is the State Missing? Addressing Urban Climate Change at the Margins in Luanda and Maputo’. In Urban Forum (pp. 35-49). </p><p>Makuwira, J. ‘Marginal Voices, Resilient Acts: Urban Marginality and Responses to Climate-Related Events in Lilongwe City Informal Settlements’. In Urban Forum (pp. 51-64). </p><p>Chilinde, G., &amp; Mamiwa, D. ‘Practice and Politics of Land Use for Urban Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Blantyre and Lilongwe Cities, Malawi’. In Urban Forum (pp. 65-82). </p><p>Dabaieh, M., Maguid, D., Abodeeb, R., &amp; Mahdy, D. E. ‘The Practice and Politics of Urban Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Efforts: The Case of Cairo’. In Urban Forum (pp. 83-106). </p><p>Hart, J. ‘“Fruity” Smells, City Streets, and the Politics of Sanitation in Colonial Accra’. In Urban Forum (pp. 107-127). </p>

2017-01980 Formas "The Practice and Politics of Urban Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Efforts at the Margins"