Colonial Legacies: Shaping African Cities
| Autor: | Neeraj Baruah, Cong Peng, J. Vernon Henderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Direct rule HT Communities. Classes. Races Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies DT Africa 02 engineering and technology GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography Colonialism Persistence Globalization Sprawl Urban planning 0502 economics and business Economics Indirect rule Economic geography 050207 economics Land use 05 social sciences Urban sprawl 021107 urban & regional planning JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration Economy Leapfrog Africa Mandate |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.4033412 |
| Popis: | Differential institutions imposed during colonial rule continue to affect the spatial structure and urban interactions in African cities. Based on a sample of 318 cities across 28 countries using satellite data on built cover over time, Anglophone origin cities sprawl compared to Francophone ones. Anglophone cities have less intense land use and more irregular layout in the older colonial portions of cities, and more leapfrog development at the extensive margin. Results are impervious to a border experiment, many robustness tests, measures of sprawl, and sub-samples. Why would colonial origins matter? The British operated under indirect rule and a dual mandate within cities, allowing colonial and native sections to develop without an overall plan and coordination. In contrast, integrated city planning and land allocation mechanisms were a feature of French colonial rule, which was inclined to direct rule. The results also have public policy relevance. From the Demographic and Health Survey, similar households, which are located in areas of the city with more leapfrog development, have poorer connections to piped water, electricity, and landlines, presumably because of higher costs of providing infrastructure with urban sprawl. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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