The relationship between urbanization and development is a vital policy concern, especially
in Africa and Asia. This paper reviews the arguments and evidence for whether rapid urban …

There is a robust international debate about how best to tackle spatial inequalities within
nations and regions. The paper discusses three contrasting approaches: spatial …

This paper outlines the experience of urbanisation in South Africa, which is now one of the
most populous and urbanised countries in Africa. For over a century, urbanisation has been …

Explaining the growth and change of regions and cities is one of the great challenges for
social science. The field of economic geography and associated economics has developed …

This paper considers a concept gaining popularity: entrepreneurial ecosystems. It finds a
significant lacuna in the concept as it stands as it does not sufficiently consider learning …

This literature review aims at summarizing the state of knowledge related to small urbanised
settlements. The significance of researching these localities can be inferred from the fact that …

Urbanisation has been a contentious process in South Africa for more than a century. It has
posed dilemmas for successive political regimes and resulted in draconian efforts to contain …

Introduction The relationship between urbanisation and development is one of the crucial
questions of our time. Burgeoning urban populations in the global South often contribute to …

In the literature, the distribution of city size is a controversial issue with two common
contenders: the Pareto and the log‐normal. While the first is most accredited when the …

After two decades of stagnation and decline, there has been a turnaround in the fortunes of
many African economies. The implications of this for the burgeoning urban population …