Warning over race to reshape African cities as "urban fantasies" | International Institute for Environment and Development

Warning over race to reshape African cities as "urban fantasies" | International Institute for Environment and Development:

 Plans to reshape cities across Africa in the style of Dubai and Singapore threaten to deepen social inequalities and could prove costly to both investors and city authorities, according to a paper in the April 2014 edition of Environment and Urbanization.

 

The
stylish modelling of the Singapore City skyline may not be appropriate
for cities in Africa and could deepen social inequalities (Edwin.11:
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