文档介绍：Planning Power
Planning Power
Town planning and social control in
colonial Africa
Ambe J. Njoh
London and New York
First published 2007
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Njoh, Ambe J.
Planning power : social control and planning in colonial Africa / by Ambe J. Njoh.
p. cm.
1. City planning–Africa–History. 2. Regional planning–Africa–History.
3. Colonies–Africa–Administration. 4. Social control–Africa. 5. Power (Social
sciences)–Africa. 6. Colonial cities–Africa. I. Title.
2007
’216096–dc22
2006025218
ISBN 0-203-96486-1 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN10: 1–84472–160–4 (hbk)
ISBN10: 0–203–96486–1 (ebk)
ISBN13: 978–1–84472–160–3 (hbk)
ISBN13: 978–0–203–96486–6 (ebk)
To a teacher, mentor and friend,
Michael Mattingly
Contents
Preface viii
1 Power and the built environment in colonial Africa 1
2 French colonial planning ideology and practice 14
3 British colonialism, economics and spatial st