Overview
- Critical analysis of the urban development and spatial planning system in Cape Verde
- Covers local governance in the last half century and the entire post-independence period
- Makes these issues easily accessible to an international audience
Part of the book series: Local and Urban Governance (LUG)
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The book provides a pioneering overview of the evolution of the local government and urban policy in Cape Verde after independence, offering a multi-scale perspective of local governance in Cape Verde from 1970 - 2020. ​ It examines the process of urban development in the country, and in the capital city in particular, and explores the consequences and challenges for spatial planning, housing, urban heritage, and the environment, namely issues related to climate change in the post-independence period.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Carlos Nunes Silva, Geographer, PhD, Professor Auxiliar at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests focus mainly on urban and metropolitan governance, the history and theory of urban planning, urban planning in Africa, urban e-planning, urban planning ethics, local government policies, local e-government, and research methods. He is member of the Editorial Board of 'Planning Perspectives', the editor of the book series 'Local and Urban Governance', the founding editor-in-chief of the ‘International Journal of E-Planning Research’ , and Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on ‘Geography of Governance’.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Local Governance in Cape Verde
Book Subtitle: 1970 - 2020
Editors: Carlos Nunes Silva
Series Title: Local and Urban Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05847-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05846-2Published: 24 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05849-3Published: 25 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05847-9Published: 23 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-5449
Series E-ISSN: 2524-5457
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 394
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Governance and Government, Public Policy