Social housing in Africa: a model to be (re)invented?

Alexandra Biehler & Armelle Choplin & Marie Morelle & translated by Oliver Waine — 2015-10-16T04:55:00Z

While the question of housing for working-class populations remains a recurrent issue in sub‑Saharan African cities, the “social-housing” policies implemented by states following independence, and under the influence of lenders, have almost always benefited the most well-off. Are the “participatory” alternatives now promoted by some NGOs enough to create a new model for social housing in Africa?
Strong demographic growth and urban sprawl, planning “failures”, areas of illegal occupation and

- Debates / homeownership, participation, housing, housing policy, urban policy, social housing, African cities, Africa, Global South, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mauritania, Nouakchott, Yaoundé

What role for urban farming?

Laure Le Gall & translated by Oliver Waine — 2014-09-17T04:55:00Z

While the benefits of farming activities in large West African cities are starting to be recognised within the scientific community, Laure Le Gall believes that urban agriculture is still struggling to find its place within public policy. The few efforts that have been made by planners in places like Ouagadougou belie a desire to contain such activities, or even to relegate them to the urban fringes.
---- Series: Nature in the City In a context where urban space comes at a premium,

- Debates / nature, urban agriculture, market gardening, agriculture, farming, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Social housing in Africa: a model to be (re)invented?

What role for urban farming?