Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa

Daniel Inkoom, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaMtafu Manda, Mzuzu University, MalawiVictor Onyebueke, University of Nigeria, NigeriaChristopher Anierobi, University of Nigeria, NigeriaJoy Ogbazi, University of Nigeria, NigeriaEzeadichie Nkeiru, University of Nigeria, NigeriaStephen Mukiibi, Makerere University, UgandaSarah Charlton, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaKarina Landman, University of Pretoria, South Africa

• Foreword; Bent Flyvbjerg Introduction; James Duminy, Vanessa Watson and Nancy Odendaal PART I: THE CASE STUDY METHOD IN AFRICA 1. Methodological Dimensions; James Duminy, Nancy Odendaal and Vanessa Watson 2. Strategies of Case Research on African Urbanization and Planning; James Duminy PART II: CASE STUDIES AS A RESEARCH METHOD 3. Anloga Woodworkers in Kumasi, Ghana: The Long Road to 'Formality'; Daniel Inkoom 4. Bicycle Taxis (Sacramentos) in Mzuzu City: A Business Venture Misunderstood; Mtafu Manda 5. Relocation and Defiance in the Dhamidja-Azikiwe Informal Shopping Belt in Enugu, Nigeria: Actions Still Speak Louder than Words; Victor Onyebueke and Christopher Anierobi 6. Participatory Planning: A Case Study of a Solid Waste Management Improvement Project in Enugu, Nigeria; Joy Ogbazi and Nkeiru Ezeadichie PART III CASE STUDY AS A TEACHING METHOD 7. Case Method as a Way of Teaching Architecture at Makerere University; Stephen Mukiibi 8. Working and Living in Johannesburg: Insights into the Housing Circumstances of Informal Recyclers; Sarah Charlton 9. Learning through Real-life Experience: Using Case Studies for Urban Planning and Design Education; Karina Landman Conclusion; James Duminy and Vanessa Watson

'his book constitutes an effort in the right ... as the case study method research methodology promises to be an effective tool for research and teaching that deepens our contextualized understanding of the urbanization realities in Africa. I recommend researchers and lecturers of graduate and postgraduate students in planning and architecture to read this book for it should inform their research approach, relevant education curricula and teaching methods. Students may particularly read it in order to demand quality education that will appropriately equip them to be relevant planners and architects.' - Tumsifu Jonas Nnkya, Urban Africa