Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries

Carlos Nunes Silva, PhD, is Professor Auxiliar at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests are mainly focused on local government policies, history and theory of urban planning, urban and metropolitan governance, urban planning ethics, urban planning in Africa, research methods, local e-government, and urban e-planning.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Carlos NunesSilva; Part I Colonial Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries; Chapter 2 Colonial Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries, Carlos NunesSilva; Chapter 3 The City under the First Republic in the Former Portuguese Africa, Ana VazMilheiro; Chapter 4 Empire, Image and Power During the Estado Novo Period, AnaTostões, JessicaBonito; Chapter 5 The Plano de Urbanização da Cidade de Luanda by Étienne de Groër and David Moreira da Silva (1941–1943), TeresaMarat-Mendes, Mafalda Teixeirade Sampayo; Chapter 6 Modern Colonial, Inês LimaRodrigues; Chapter 7 The Prenda District in Luanda, FilipaFiúza, Ana VazMilheiro; Chapter 8 The Growth of Lourenço Marques at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century, Ana CristinaRoque; Chapter 9 A ‘High Degree of Civilization’, PedroPombo; Part II Postcolonial Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries; Chapter 10 Postcolonial Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries, Carlos NunesSilva; Chapter 11 Urban Planning in Angola in the Postcolonial Period, Carlos MiguelGuimarães, SofiaValente, Frederico CostaLeite; Chapter 12 Questioning the Urban Form, FabioVanin; Chapter 13 Postcolonial Transformation of the City of Maputo, David LeiteViana; Chapter 14 Mozambique’s Rescaled Dualistic Urbanisation, Céline F.Veríssimo; Chapter 15 The Re-emergence of Urban Renewal in Maputo, SílviaJorge; Chapter 16 Naming the Urban in Twentieth-Century Mozambique, TiagoCastela, Maria PaulaMeneses; Chapter 17 Prepaid Electricity in Maputo, Mozambique, IdalinaBaptista;