The other half of urban tourism: Research directions in the global South

CM Rogerson, JM Rogerson - Urban tourism in the global south: South …, 2021 - Springer
In mainstream urban tourism scholarship debates there is only limited attention given to the
urban global South. The 'other half'of urban tourism is the axis in this review and analysis …

Digital control in value chains: Challenges of connectivity for East African firms

C Foster, M Graham, L Mann, T Waema… - Economic …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, Internet connectivity has greatly improved across the African continent. This
article examines the consequences that this shift has had for East African firms that are part …

Cities on and off the map: A bibliometric assessment of urban globalisation research

JM Kanai, R Grant, R Jianu - Urban studies, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Growing out of writings on Global (North) cities, urban globalisation research (UGR) has
expanded its canon to engage with an increasing diversity of cities and locations. Yet, this …

Responding to informality in urban Africa: Street trading in Harare, Zimbabwe

CM Rogerson - Urban Forum, 2016 - Springer
Informality is one of the major challenges facing urban policy makers across sub-Saharan
Africa. Responses to informality can be viewed along a continuum from violent repression …

Getting urbanization to work in Africa: the role of the urban land-infrastructure-finance nexus

I Turok - Area development and policy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The serious social and environmental problems and risks associated with large-scale
urbanization in Africa are widely recognized. However, the potential for urbanization to …

Urban environments in Africa

G Myers - Urban Environments in Africa, 2016 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Urban studies as a field is on the rise in Africa, environmental studies is a mainstay of
scholarship on or about the continent, and urban environments are increasingly central to …

[PDF][PDF] Impact analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic on the informal sector business tourism economy in Zimbabwe

L Makoni, TM Tichaawa - African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and …, 2021 - ajhtl.com
This study sought to conduct a socio-economic impact assessment of the COVID-19
pandemic on informal business tourism in Zimbabwe. The specific objective of this study …

Neoliberalism, urbanization and change in Africa: The political economy of heterotopias

P Carmody, F Owusu - Journal of …, 2016 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
In the much of the popular media, the discourse around Africa has changed. Whereas
stories of the “coming anarchy” or the “hopeless continent” abounded a little over a decade …

Moving unruly contemporary urbanism toward sustainable urban development in Ghana by 2030

G Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio - American Behavioral Scientist, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The widely held view that rapid urbanization is occurring across much of Sub-Saharan Africa
has been questioned recently, and an alternative perspective has drawn attention to …

Urban governance in Africa today: Reframing, experiences, and lessons

F Obeng‐Odoom - Growth and Change, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Progress in analysing the instrumental view of governance as an engine for growth, poverty
reduction, and inclusive development has been held back by the difficulty in framing …