The transcalar politics of urban master planning: the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorCroese, Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorMiyauchi, Yohei
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T14:14:23Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T14:14:23Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-22
dc.departmentDepartment of Planning
dc.description.abstractThis article sheds light on the growing, but understudied role of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in supporting the local production of master plans across the African continent as a tool for guiding long-term investments in urban development. To explore the multiple logics, actors and interests driving the conception, preparation and implementation of these plans, we approach urban master planning as a transcalar process, through which diverse investment, planning and governance arrangements are produced and mobilized in ways that transcend the city scale. We illuminate these dynamics by building on an analysis of the history of Japanese development cooperation and drawing on case studies of JICA master planning in Malawi, Ghana and Tanzania.
dc.description.librarianBM2022
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch was conducted under the research project Making Africa Urban: the transcalar politics of large-scale urban development, which is funded through the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Research Council under Grant Agreement number 834999 (PI: Professor Jennifer Robinson).
dc.facultyFaculty of Engineering and Built Environment
dc.identifier.citationSylvia Croese & Yohei Miyauchi (2022) The transcalar politics of urban master planning: the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Africa, Area Development and Policy, DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2022.2127413
dc.identifier.issn2379-2957
dc.identifier.issnhttps://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2022.2127413
dc.identifier.urihttps://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/33425
dc.language.isoen
dc.orcid.id0000-0003-3197-1363
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
dc.rights© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, Area Development and Policy publishes research for issues facing the Greater BRICS; examining economic, political, cultural and geographical contexts.
dc.schoolSchool of Architecture and Planning
dc.titleThe transcalar politics of urban master planning: the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Africa
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