Lecture

Approaches of Governance: Urban Restructuring in African Cities

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This lecture discusses the various approaches of governance in African cities, focusing on the restructuration of precarious neighborhoods through eviction procedures, mass forced displacements without relocation, and security operations in risk areas. Case studies from cities like Douala, Yaoundé, Abidjan, and Ouagadougou are presented, highlighting the demolition of informal settlements and the implementation of urban development projects. The instructor concludes by emphasizing the impact of these governance strategies on the urban landscape.

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Economic restructuring is used to indicate changes in the constituent parts of an economy in a very general sense. In the western world, it is usually used to refer to the phenomenon of urban areas shifting from a manufacturing to a service sector economic base. It has profound implications for productive capacities and competitiveness of cities and regions.

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Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. There is no single process that leads to urban decay. Urban decay can include the following aspects: Industrialization Deindustrialization Gentrification Population decline or overpopulation Counterurbanization Economic Restructuring Multiculturalism Abandoned buildings or infrastructure High local unemployment Increased poverty Fragmented families Low overall living standards or quality of life Political disenfranchisement Crime (e.

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Governance

Governance is the process of making and enforcing decisions within an organization or society. It is the process of interactions through the laws, social norms, power (social and political) or language as structured in communication of an organized society over a social system (family, social group, formal or informal organization, a territory under a jurisdiction or across territories). It is done by the government of a state, by a market, or by a network.

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