Aide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi

Sub-Saharan African cities are characterized by a diversification of international urban cooperation with the intervention of multiple foreign donors, and a significant increase of the markets for urban expertise. Between 2018 and 2019, $148 million was invested in the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi...

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Autor principal:	Bérénice Bon
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Publicado:	Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 2020
Materias:	Sub-Saharan Africa urban project international relations governance railway abandoned sites Geography (General) G1-922
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/febfd1372e7241eea1891a74c351f541
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:febfd1372e7241eea1891a74c351f5412021-12-02T11:16:53ZAide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi1278-336610.4000/cybergeo.35186https://doaj.org/article/febfd1372e7241eea1891a74c351f5412020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/35186https://doaj.org/toc/1278-3366Sub-Saharan African cities are characterized by a diversification of international urban cooperation with the intervention of multiple foreign donors, and a significant increase of the markets for urban expertise. Between 2018 and 2019, $148 million was invested in the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi. Through the case study of the Railway City in Nairobi, this article questions the negotiation and decision-making processes of megaprojects in sub-Saharan African cities, in the context of a high dependency on external funding. We take a dive into the institutional mechanisms, discursive registers, and avoidance plays through which national and international actors legitimize their actions in the instruction phase of a megaproject. This paper shows that these international cooperations represent resources for local action, but also stir up competition and can have disruptive effects for urban governance.Bérénice BonUnité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-citésarticleSub-Saharan Africaurban projectinternational relationsgovernancerailwayabandoned sitesGeography (General)G1-922DEENFRITPTCybergeo (2020)
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description	Sub-Saharan African cities are characterized by a diversification of international urban cooperation with the intervention of multiple foreign donors, and a significant increase of the markets for urban expertise. Between 2018 and 2019, $148 million was invested in the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi. Through the case study of the Railway City in Nairobi, this article questions the negotiation and decision-making processes of megaprojects in sub-Saharan African cities, in the context of a high dependency on external funding. We take a dive into the institutional mechanisms, discursive registers, and avoidance plays through which national and international actors legitimize their actions in the instruction phase of a megaproject. This paper shows that these international cooperations represent resources for local action, but also stir up competition and can have disruptive effects for urban governance.
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author	Bérénice Bon
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title	Aide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi
title_short	Aide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi
title_full	Aide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi
title_fullStr	Aide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi
title_full_unstemmed	Aide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi
title_sort	aide internationale et grands projets urbains en afrique sub-saharienne. le cas de la ville du rail à nairobi
publisher	Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités
publishDate	2020
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Aide internationale et grands projets urbains en Afrique sub-saharienne. Le cas de la Ville du rail à Nairobi

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