Rapid urban population growth in Africa has resulted in the rapid expansion of many African
cities. This has important ramifications for sustainable development across the continent …

Recent years have seen a rising interest in peri‐urban spaces, urban frontiers and new
suburbanisms, including in African contexts. However, given the scale of urban growth and …

Highly dynamic peri-urban areas, particularly in the Global South, face many challenges
including a lack of infrastructure, ownership conflicts, land degradation, and sustainable …

This paper is concerned with access to the city for urban residents living in the periphery of
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The paper presents an analysis of the mobility practices of …

In this article we develop a novel analytical framework for situated studies of uneven peri‐
urbanisation that resist further dividing Marxist and Situated (Urban) Political Ecology. We …

Urban growth is a significant trend in Africa. Scholarly attention and urban planning efforts
have focused disproportionately on the challenges of big cities, while small and medium …

In Africa, cities are unable to accommodate population growth within their current
administrative limits, putting pressure on ecosystem services (ES) in peripheral areas …

With an over 20-fold increase in population between 1963 and today, Lagos has expanded
significantly both within and outside its city administrative boundaries. Some paradoxes are …

The aspiration for urban sustainability is captured within the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and other global agendas. Urban sustainability cannot be achieved without …

Dar es Salaam is one of the most diverse cities in Tanzania in terms of its physical, social,
economic, environmental and spatial features. This diversity has contributed to differences in …