The Urban Challenge in Africa: Growth and Management of its Large Cities (UNU, 1997, 628 p.): Note to the reader from the UNU

The Urban Challenge in Africa: Growth and Management of its Large Cities (UNU, 1997, 628 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Note to the reader from the UNU
		Acknowledgements
		Foreword
		1 Introduction
		Part I Globalization and Africa: The challenge of urban growth
		Part II The "mega-cities" of Africa
		Part III The dynamics of city development
		Part IV Rising to the challenge
		16 Conclusion
		Contributors

Note to the reader from the UNU

The objective of the United Nations University Programme on Mega-cities and Urban Development, initiated in 1990, is to examine the social, economic, and environmental consequences of the development of large metropolitan agglomerations, particularly in developing countries.

Following the release of Mega-city Growth and the Future (Tokyo: UNU Press, 1994), Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia (Tokyo: UNU Press, 1996), and The Mega-city in Latin America (Tokyo: UNU Press, 1996), this book provides new insights into emerging mega-cities and urban development trends in Africa.