How might we conceptualise and research everyday urbanism? By examining the making of
everyday life in a low‐income neighbourhood in Uganda, we argue that a dialectics of …

Cities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. From broken
toilets and everyday things, to art and forms of writing, fragments are signatures of urban …

This paper considers the foundations of contemporary African urban economies and how
these intersect with the evolution of urban politics, carving a route through a wide range of …

This article presents a new analytical framework for studying cities in the developing world
based on the 'political settlements' approach. This has a dual purpose: to enrich comparative …

Why are urban plans, land use regulations and construction codes implemented effectively
in some African states but not others? This constitutes an increasingly urgent development …

ABSTRACT A number of international development initiatives increasingly give recognition
and authority to city governments in sub-Saharan Africa. However, key features of urban …

Despite the rise of global technocratic ideals of city-making, cities around the world are not
merging into indistinguishable duplicates of one another. In fact, as the world urbanizes …

A burgeoning literature looks into the processes and actors involved in the adoption and
emulation of best practices and models of urban policy and development across the globe …

Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare, faces severe infrastructural challenges. The city is
presented with major constraints in its ability to adequately provide services for its growing …

This paper seeks to make a contribution to contemporary urban land insights and political
debates in relation to planning in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. It also evaluates how the …