Main entry:

International Seminar on the Future of the City and Perspectives on Sustainable City Planning & Development (2000 : Accra, Ghana)

Title & Author:

Visions of the city : Accra in the 21st century / edited by Ralph Mills-Tettey & Korantema Adi-Dako.

Publication:

Accra : Woeli Publishing Services, 2002.

Description:

vii, 157 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm

Notes:
"International Seminar on the Future of the City and Perspectives on Sustainable City Planning & Development, Theme: Visions of the City: Accra in the 21st Century, 4th & 5th October 2000, Accra International Conference Centre"--Page [2].
"Goethe Institut Inter Nationes; Ghana Institute of Architects"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
I: The city, its economy and socio-diversity -- Population growth of Mega-Accra : emerging issues / Kwaku A. Twum-Baah -- Accra in the 21st century : visions from the crystal ball of a sociologist / Nana Araba Apt -- Theorizing the city : images for the future / Setha Low -- Towards African visions / Ronald Wall -- II: The city of today and the future -- The dynamics of the evolution of an expanding national capital in the context of democratic national development / Kweku Baako Jnr. -- Kelewele, Kpokpoi, Kpanlogo : a random search for Accra's urban quality in a sea of globalisation / Henry Nii-Adziri Wellington -- III: Civic participation and the city -- Participation in urban planning in Germany : effects and limits of an appreciated planning tool / Max Welch Guerra -- Self-help building : far reaching participation in urban development or instrument of deregulation in the welfare state / Christian Porst -- Conflict moderation and participation : prospects and barriers for urban renewal in Ga Mashie / Alf Bremer -- IV: The city, its centre and housing needs -- Co-constructing a center : Pretoria inner city / Karel Bakker -- The role of historic centres in urban development / Bruno Lefèvre -- And a toilet for everyone! / Deborah Pellow.

ISBN:

996497891X
9789964978914

Subject:

City planning Ghana Accra Congresses.
City planning Africa Congresses.
City planning Citizen participation Congresses.
Cities and towns Africa Forecasting Congresses.
Urbanisme participatif Congrès.
Villes Afrique Prévision Congrès.
Cities and towns Forecasting
City planning
City planning Citizen participation
Stadtplanung
Accra (Ghana) Congresses.
Africa
Ghana Accra
Ghana
Accra

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Mills-Tettey, Ralph.
Adi-Dako, Korantema.
Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes.
Ghana Institute of Architects.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315944
Call No.: 315944
Copy: 1
Status: Available