Contributors

Josephine Olu Abiodun
Professor, Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Tade Akin Aina
Deputy Executive Secretary (Publications), Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal

Tarek A. Aboul Atta
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University, Egypt

Keith S. O. Beavon
Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Alain Dubresson
Professor, Department of Geography, Centre d'Etudes Graphiques sur l'Afrique Noire, University of Paris X, France

Salah El-Shakhs
Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., USA

R. A. Obudho
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Jean-Luc Piermay
Professor, UFR de Graphie, Universitouis Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France

Deborah Potts
Department of Geography, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Carole Rakodi
Professor of International Urban Development Planning, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

Christian M. Rogerson
Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

David Simon
Reader in Development Geography, and Director, Centre for Developing Areas Research (CEDAR), Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK

Kadmiel H. Wekwete
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT), Nairobi, Kenya

Mahmoud Yousry
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University, Egypt