Planning power [electronic resource] : social control and planning in colonial Africa / by Ambe J. Njoh.

Power and the built environment in colonial Africa -- French colonial urban planning ideology & practice -- British colonialism, economics and spatial structures -- Town planning in British colonial West Africa -- Planning in French West Africa -- Planning power in French Equatorial Africa & Madagascar -- Planning in the Cameroons and Togoland -- Town planning in colonial British Southern Africa -- Planning ideology and practice in British East Africa -- Public health policies and spatial structures in colonial Africa -- Trade, commerce and spatial structures in colonial Africa -- The political economy of colonial urban planning in Africa.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-245) and index.

Also available in print edition. CRC Press (http://www.crcpress.com)

Mode of access: World Wide Web.