This book tells the story of visionary urban experiments, shedding light on the theories that
preceded their development and on the monsters that followed and might be the end of our …

Sub-Saharan suffers from a poor transport system failing to address equity and
sustainability. The system can be affected by several factors; however, this study explores …

Amid growing interest in China's role in financing and building infrastructure in Africa, there
is still little research on how Chinese-financed infrastructures are negotiated and realised at …

This paper considers the foundations of contemporary African urban economies and how
these intersect with the evolution of urban politics, carving a route through a wide range of …

From the Derg's restoration of Meskel Square for its military parades and Meles Zenawi's
Light-Rail Transit (LRT) and condominium social housing projects to Abiy Ahmed's high-end …

Through the lens of infrastructure governance, this article explores the configurations and
operations of the urban state in sub-Saharan Africa. We deploy and extend the concept of …

The research paper investigates the impact of involuntary displacement on households'
livelihoods due to railway infrastructure development projects in Ethiopia. The number of …

Despite the rise of global technocratic ideals of city-making, cities around the world are not
merging into indistinguishable duplicates of one another. In fact, as the world urbanizes …

Cost overrun is a global issue plaguing transportation infrastructure projects, and the rail
industry in the United Kingdom is not exempted. This industry plays a significant role in …

Ethiopia's mass-scale subsidized housing delivery programme has driven the rapid
expansion of middle-income, mid-rise settlements on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, requiring …