Cities, capital and development: African cities in the world economy

Abstract

Introduction and conceptual overview frameworks of analysis - colonialism, postcolonial urban development and the world economy national modes of production - the wider context modes of production in African cities - the materialist base a roof over one's head - access to the means of social reproduction the social production of urban form - town planning as an instrument of continuity the social production of urban form and fabric - postcolonial cities re-examined.