01964nmm a22002537a 4500 ES-BaAUN 20230327152954.0 221102| ||||go||d|||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2575-5374 ES-BaAUN eng ES-BaAUN Chenal, Jérôme author. The African City: Urbanisation in Africa urbanNext, February 13, 2020. 3309words. africanCities, Essay, Jérôme Chenal, No Density, Territory and mobility Accessibility, African Cities, African identity, African Public Realm, Collective identity, Community Facilities, Construction, Efficiency, Essay, Facilities, Global Cities, History of Architecture, Informal city, Informal economy, Infrastructure, Metropolis, Mobility, Population, Productivity, Public Space, Public space role, Urban conditions, Urban Development, Urban growth, Urban management, Urban planning, Urban policies, Urban space, Urban sprawl Excerpt from The West African City by Jérôme Chenal, published by EPFL Press. The history of African cities is ancient. For instance, we know today that urbanisation in Africa existed long before Arab and Portuguese influences (Coquery-Vidrovitch, 1993). However, while this urban history is ancient, it is clear that Europeans introduced a new type of city based on grid patterns and ‘monumental’ architecture (Coquery-Vidrovitch, Georg, 1996). In the colonial era, the ‘real’ city was that of the whites (founded on the European economy), while ‘indigenous’ areas were not considered part of the city and tended to be identified with the village model (i.e. without rules). The importation of traditional village building techniques further reinforced this idea. Architecture Urbanisation Africa https://urbannext.net/the-african-city/ Access to info ddc CF 0 2506 2506 0 0 ddc 0 0 9876543210 9876543210 2023-03-27 0 2023-03-27 2023-03-27 CF