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Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa

The Planner in Dirty Shoes

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Editors:
  1. James Duminy

    1. University of Cape Town, South Africa

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  2. Jørgen Andreasen

    1. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark

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  3. Fred Lerise

    1. Ardhi University, Tanzania

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  4. Nancy Odendaal

    1. University of Cape Town, South Africa

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  5. Vanessa Watson

    1. University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • James Duminy, Vanessa Watson, Nancy Odendaal
      Pages 1-17

  3. The Case Study Method in Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Case Study Research in Africa: Methodological Dimensions

      • James Duminy, Nancy Odendaal, Vanessa Watson
      Pages 21-47

    3. Strategies of Case Research on African Urbanization and Planning

      • James Duminy
      Pages 48-77

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 256-267
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About this book

This book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South. It provides an introduction to the case study methodology and features examples of its application to planning research and education on the continent.

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'his book constitutes an effort in the right ... as the case study method research methodology promises to be an effective tool for research and teaching that deepens our contextualized understanding of the urbanization realities in Africa. I recommend researchers and lecturers of graduate and postgraduate students in planning and architecture to read this book for it should inform their research approach, relevant education curricula and teaching methods. Students may particularly read it in order to demand quality education that will appropriately equip them to be relevant planners and architects.' - Tumsifu Jonas Nnkya, Urban Africa

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cape Town, South Africa

    James Duminy, Nancy Odendaal, Vanessa Watson

  • The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark

    Jørgen Andreasen

  • Ardhi University, Tanzania

    Fred Lerise

About the editors

Daniel Inkoom, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Mtafu Manda, Mzuzu University, Malawi Victor Onyebueke, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Christopher Anierobi, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Joy Ogbazi, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Ezeadichie Nkeiru, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Stephen Mukiibi, Makerere University, Uganda Sarah Charlton, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Karina Landman, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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