Urban morphology dynamics and environmental change in Kano, Nigeria
Abstract
Indigenous Kano urban morphology was resilient and sustainable. Centuries-old resilient urban morphology withered within two decades. Change in land governance triggered overwhelming change to urban morphology. Current urban morphology exacerbates urban vulnerability. Elements of that support urban resilience disappear progressively.
- Publication:
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Land Use Policy
- Pub Date:
- January 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.08.007
- Bibcode:
- 2015LUPol..42..307B
- Keywords:
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- Urban sustainability;
- Vulnerability;
- Resilience;
- Coupled human and natural system;
- African city