Carlos Nunes Silva Libri

Focusing on urban planning in five Lusophone African countries, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of historical and contemporary challenges faced in the field. It addresses overlooked aspects of urban planning literature and highlights key issues, providing insights from a team of leading scholars. The work aims to enhance understanding and foster discussion about the unique urban planning contexts and obstacles in these nations.

Focusing on the historical evolution of urban planning in North Africa, this book addresses the unique challenges faced by contemporary urban planners in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. It offers insights into the region's urban development and the socio-political factors influencing planning practices today.

Focusing on urban planning cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa, the book explores the impact of colonial and post-colonial influences on planning practices. It examines how various factors, including cultural roots, institutional frameworks, urban paradigms, legal traditions, and political practices, shape planning systems. Through a research-based and critical lens, it highlights the complexities and unique characteristics of urban planning in the region.

This book discusses innovative responses and reforms developed in critical areas of urban governance in European countries. It examines the impact of European Union’s policies on the urban agenda and on local governance, and the impact of the transition to democracy in Central and in Southern Europe on local self-government systems. The book is divided into three parts: i) Crisis, Reform and Innovation in Local Government; ii) EU Policies, the Urban Agenda and Local Governance; and iii) Citizen Participation in Local Government. Providing an extensive and updated overview of key challenges in the governance of cities in Europe, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in the broader field of urban studies, and for policy-makers, especially those engaged in urban governance in European countries.