Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa

1. Introduction

1. Introduction
James Duminy, Vanessa Watson, Nancy Odendaal

Part I. The Case Study Method in Africa

2. Case Study Research in Africa: Methodological Dimensions
James Duminy, Nancy Odendaal, Vanessa Watson

3. Strategies of Case Research on African Urbanization and Planning
James Duminy

Part II. Case Study as a Research Method

4. Anloga Woodworkers in Kumasi, Ghana: The Long Road to ‘Formality’
Daniel Inkoom

5. Bicycle Taxis in Mzuzu City, Malawi: A Business Venture Misunderstood
Mtafu Manda

6. Relocation and Defiance in the Dhamidja-Azikiwe Informal Shopping Belt in Enugu, Nigeria: Actions Speak Louder than Words
Victor Onyebueke, Christopher Anierobi

7. Participatory Planning: A Case Study of a Solid Waste Management Improvement Project in Enugu, Nigeria
Joy Ogbazi, Nkeiru Ezeadichie

Part III. Case Study as a Teaching Method

8. Case Method as a Way of Teaching Architecture at Makerere University, Uganda
Stephen Mukiibi

9. Learning from the Field: Informal Recyclers and Low-income Housing in Johannesburg, South Africa
Sarah Charlton

10. Learning through Real-life Experience: Using Case Studies for Urban Planning and Design Education
Karina Landman

11. Conclusion
James Duminy, Vanessa Watson

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Development Studies, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Social Policy, Urban Economics, Development Economics, Methodology of the Social Sciences