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Colonial Urbanization

Colonial Urbanization is a historical process of urban development in Africa characterized by the imposition of European planning models, spatial segregation, and infrastructure designed to serve colonial administration and economic exploitation, distinguishing it from indigenous urban growth patterns through its externally driven, hierarchical, and racialized structuring of cities.

369

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17.6K

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449

Authors

195

Institutions

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2017–2026

51

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Publications

369

Climatic Change and Rural-Urban Migration: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Luisito Bertinelli, Eric Strobl · Joint Research Centre (European Commission) · 2006 · 573 citations

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Theoretical Notes On `Gray Cities': the Coming of Urban Apartheid?

Oren Yiftachel · Planning Theory · 2009 · 540 citations

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On the Worlding of African Cities

AbdouMaliq Simone · African Studies Review · 2001 · 390 citations

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Colonial Urban Development: Culture, Social Power and Environment.

Janet Abu‐Lughod, Anthony King · Man · 1977 · 325 citations

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Pre-Colonial Institutions, Post-Colonial States, and Economic Development in Tropical Africa

Pierre Englebert · Political Research Quarterly · 2000 · 323 citations

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Authors

449

  1. AJ
    Ambe J. Njoh

    University of South Florida, United States

    4 publications · 119 citations

    5

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  2. FC
    Frederick Cooper

    University of Michigan, United States

    5 publications · 361 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. AS
    AbdouMaliq Simone

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 570 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. LB
    Liora Bigon

    Holon Institute of Technology, Israel

    5 publications · 154 citations

    5

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  5. WF
    William Flanagan

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    4 publications · 173 citations

    4

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1–5 of 449

Institutions

195

  1. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    601 citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    365 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    481 citations

  4. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    131 citations

  5. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    375 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    207 citations

  7. Nordic Africa Institute

    Uppsala, Sweden

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    105 citations

  8. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    41 citations

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Venues

  1. Planning Perspectives

    PP · 18 publications · 454 citations

    15

    h-index

  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 13 publications · 1.2K citations

    11

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  3. 9

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 8 publications · 363 citations

    8

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  5. Urban Forum

    8 publications · 251 citations

    8

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