Author:

Roland White, Jane Turpie, Gwyneth Letley

Publisher:

World Bank

Description:

Africa is urbanizing late but fast. This brings many benefits but, as this report shows: thus far, urbanization in Africa, unique in a number of respects, is having deleterious and largely unchecked impacts on the natural environment; the degradation of natural assets and ecosystems within African cities carries tangible economic, fiscal and social costs; there are important opportunities to change the current environmental trajectory of African cities so that they move towards a more harmonious relationship between their natural and built environments. For this to happen, focused action is necessary.

Language:

English

Page count:

56

Source:

hdl.handle.net/10986/26730

Copyright:

World Bank